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Letter #4827

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-08

English register:

Dantiscus sends the chapter copies of the letter to the duke [Albrecht von Hohenzollern] and his reply to it. In light of this exchange, he sees the need to revise the previously prepared draft of a joint letter from himself and the chapter to the duke. He recommends that the provost [Paweł Płotowski] and Doctor Nicolaus [Copernicus] should come to him the following day in order to discuss these revisions.




Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1a, K. 497

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 339

Prints:
1Spicilegium p. 288-289 (in extenso)
2SIKORSKI 1968 No. 481, p. 125 (Polish register)
3Kopernik na Warmii No. 517, p. 509 (Polish register)
4RC No. 460, p. 195 (English register)
5NCG 6/1 No. 163, p. 308-309 (in extenso; German translation)

 

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Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Ea, quae nobis ill(ustrissimus) or ill(ustris)⌈ill(ustrissimus)ill(ustrissimus) or ill(ustris)⌉ dominus Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌊duxAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌋ vicinus noster ad cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-03, CIDTC IDL 4897⌊novissimas nostrascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-03, CIDTC IDL 4897⌋ cf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1541-06-05, CIDTC IDL 5029⌊responderitcf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1541-06-05, CIDTC IDL 5029⌋ et quae hodie cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-08, CIDTC IDL 4898⌊rescripsimuscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-08, CIDTC IDL 4898⌋, ex adiunctis intelligent. Erit itaque scriptio nostra ad Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌊illumAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌋ concepta quibusdam in locis mutanda, quod quomodo fieri debeat, mutua inter nos opus est consultatione.[1] Proinde, ut cras superinscribed, in the hand of other⌈1541-06-09⌊cras1541-06-09⌋cras superinscribed, in the hand of other⌉ venerabiles fratres nostri dominus Paweł Płotowski (*ca. 1485 – †1547), from 1520 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and from 1523 Provost of the Ermland Chapter; in 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański), one of the King’s four candidates for the bishopric of Ermland; in 1530, after the death of Jan Konopacki (Johann von Konopat) Sr, and in 1537, after Dantiscus’ translation to the bishopric of Ermland, he sought the bishopric of Kulm (Chełmno); secretary to Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, and from 1533 royal secretary and courtier; in the 1530s and 1540s several times royal envoy to the Estates of Royal Prussia (SBKW, p. 191; KOPICZKO 2, p. 249-250)⌊praepositusPaweł Płotowski (*ca. 1485 – †1547), from 1520 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and from 1523 Provost of the Ermland Chapter; in 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański), one of the King’s four candidates for the bishopric of Ermland; in 1530, after the death of Jan Konopacki (Johann von Konopat) Sr, and in 1537, after Dantiscus’ translation to the bishopric of Ermland, he sought the bishopric of Kulm (Chełmno); secretary to Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, and from 1533 royal secretary and courtier; in the 1530s and 1540s several times royal envoy to the Estates of Royal Prussia (SBKW, p. 191; KOPICZKO 2, p. 249-250)⌋ cum domino Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician, and astronomer; doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); 1497–1543 Canon of Ermland; 1511–1513, 1520, 1524–1525, and 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 capitular administrator of the Ermland bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Łuzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌊doctore NicolaoNicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician, and astronomer; doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland (Warmia); 1497–1543 Canon of Ermland; 1511–1513, 1520, 1524–1525, and 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 capitular administrator of the Ermland bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Łuzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌋ nobiscum Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌊hicBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ ante prandii tempus conveniant, operae pretium esse putamus, communiter de iis, quae tum nostras, tum res Fraternitatum Vestrarum attingunt, consulturi.

Quas feliciter valere optamus.