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Letter #472

Jan Benedyktowicz SOLFA to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow, 1530-03-13
            received Mantua, [1530]-04-16

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 67, f. 5

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 104

Prints:
1AT 12 No. 58, p. 71 (in extenso)

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 67, f. 5r

Salutem dico, egregie domine, fautor plurimum observande et mihi carisssime.

Felicem adventum vestrum exspecto in dies et incrementum fortunarum omnium. Sciat, Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)reverendissimum CracoviensemPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268) magnam et maximam diligentiam adhibuisse in negotio vestro et solutione fienda per Giovanni Giacomo Affatati (†1535), 1534 imprisoned at the behest of Queen Bona Sforza, and died in castle of Pińsk; 1528-1535-04-23 treasurer of Bari (POCIECHA 4, p. 275-278)thesaurariumGiovanni Giacomo Affatati (†1535), 1534 imprisoned at the behest of Queen Bona Sforza, and died in castle of Pińsk; 1528-1535-04-23 treasurer of Bari (POCIECHA 4, p. 275-278) Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of AragonreginaeBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon in Bari (Barium, Status Barensis), duchy in southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, Bari was a hereditary country of Queen Bona of PolandBarroBari (Barium, Status Barensis), duchy in southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, Bari was a hereditary country of Queen Bona of Poland ipsis The Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles VWelzeronibusThe Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V; ich hoff, man wircz czalen. Episcopatus vacat Samogitiensis, pro quo laborat Virzgal Kyoviensis; is obtinebit. Mallem praesentiam Fraternitatis Vestrae, urget enim praesentia Turin. Episcopus noster Cracoviensis cardiaca iterum a medio anno atteritur. Maiestates suae sanae sunt, utinam longo tempore.

Rogo, ferat secum rubricellam Romanam, de horis dicendis canonicis on the margincanoniciscanonicis on the margin factam pro aliquot annis, quia utor via et incedo ipsius sancti Petri. Et me exsistente in Urbe octoginta orig. octuagintaoctogintaoctoginta orig. octuaginta libri Hypocratis erant traducti in domo Gyss et imprimi debuerant; quodsi fuerint stampati, emantur, oro, quos ego lubentissime dissolvam. In omnem eventum richt ausz vom Pabst pro duabus personis ad suscipiendos ordines extra tempus statutum ab ecclesia non sine causa, esz wirt euch und mir von noten thun.

Valeat faustiter et me diligat; scribat etiam, si qui novi libri sint impressi in nostra functione medica, an magia seu cabala, cuius et Plinius in 30 libro capitulo 1 meminit et cuius praedicat virtutes narrans de Mose[1].

Eiusdem Excellentiae Vestrae Jan Benedyktowicz Solfa (Ioannes Benedicti de Trebul, Ioannes Benedicti Solpha) (*1483 – †1564), physician, lawyer, poet and historian; in 1541 ennobled by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; from 1521 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Glogau (Głogów); from 1522 court physician of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; from 1526 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); from ca. 1528 Canon of Vilnius; from 1529 Canon of St. John’s Collegiate Church in Warsaw; from 1531 Custos of Łowicz; from 1538 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); from 1539 Canon of Sandomierz; from 1547 Canon of Cracow and Provost of Ermland (KOŻUSZEK, passim)Ioannes BenedictiJan Benedyktowicz Solfa (Ioannes Benedicti de Trebul, Ioannes Benedicti Solpha) (*1483 – †1564), physician, lawyer, poet and historian; in 1541 ennobled by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; from 1521 Canon of the Collegiate Chapter in Glogau (Głogów); from 1522 court physician of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; from 1526 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); from ca. 1528 Canon of Vilnius; from 1529 Canon of St. John’s Collegiate Church in Warsaw; from 1531 Custos of Łowicz; from 1538 Canon of Wrocław (Breslau); from 1539 Canon of Sandomierz; from 1547 Canon of Cracow and Provost of Ermland (KOŻUSZEK, passim), doctor regius, canonicus Varszoviensis, Vilnensis etc.(?) deditissimus