CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #5678

Nicolaus HUMAN to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), 1539-06-06

received [1539]-06-06

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 68, f. 270

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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌊Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo WarmiensiIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌋, domino meo ac patri clementissimo gratiosoque

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine clementissime ac gratiose.

Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊Venerabile capitulum WarmienseErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ per dominum Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌊administratorem AllensteynensemAchatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌋ rogat me, ut intersim causae, quae illi est cum Georg Sagk (Georg Sack) (†after 1547-08-22), subject of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern (HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 230, 850, 904-906, 1096, 1098; RH-D 1/3, No. 20894, 20908, 21014, 22485, 24050, 24092, 24434, 24633, 24656, 26753)⌊Georgio SackGeorg Sagk (Georg Sack) (†after 1547-08-22), subject of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern (HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 230, 850, 904-906, 1096, 1098; RH-D 1/3, No. 20894, 20908, 21014, 22485, 24050, 24092, 24434, 24633, 24656, 26753)⌋, tractandae Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊WarmiaeFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋, et fortassis, Deo cooperante, amicabiliter componendae. Idque ad feriam quartam ante Ioannis Baptistae proximam.

Ceterum, quia ita commodum visum est Reverendissimae Vestrae Dominationi, ut secum eam in proximum Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊harum terrarum conventumProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋, meque ita votis ac voluntati Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae accomodaturum et satisfacturum spopondi, hinc est, quod Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabili capituloErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ nihil certi respondere possum, antequam certior fiam a Reverendissima Dominatione Vestra, an Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventus ille PrutenusProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ procedat nec ne, et an adhuc Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima istius est voluntatis, ut mea persona in illum Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventumProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ uti velit. Super quo si secus deliberata est Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, rogo humillime, dignetur me cum hoc nuntio facere certiorem. Mallem, si qua fieri posset, tam Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae, quam etiam Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabili capituloErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ obsequens et morigerus esse. Quod facile fieri posset, si se vel Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra ab hoc Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventuProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ absolvere vellet, vel Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventusProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ ille ultra terminum a Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊capituloErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ pro sua causa designatum, foret prorogandus.

Ut autem certum habeam responsum Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae, mitto hunc puerum meum, per quem ut me suo responso dignetur, oro, sine eo enim Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊venerabili capitulo WarmiensiErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ praesentiam meam polliceri nequeo.

Commendo me gratiae eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae. Quam Christus in longos eosque felices annos ad consolationem omnium suorum conservare dignetur.

Ex Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto), town in Ermland (Warmia), NE of Allenstein (Olsztyn)⌊GutstadtGuttstadt (Dobre Miasto), town in Ermland (Warmia), NE of Allenstein (Olsztyn)⌋, sexta Iunii 1539.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae obsequentissimus servitor Nicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌊Nicolaus HumanNicolaus Human (*ca. 1480 – †1542), at least in 1527 dean of the Guttstadt chapter; 1528-1538 - provost; 1529 Ermland judicial vicar; notary public; chancellor of Ermland bishops Mauritius Ferber and Ioannes Dantiscus (until October, 1537) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 132)⌋

Postscript:

Dignetur etc. mihi Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra litteras Achatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌊domini administratorisAchatius Trenck (†1551), in the thirties Trenck was one of Dantiscus’ friends and supported his efforts to obtain the Ermland bishopric after the death of Mauritius Ferber; from 1523 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1544-1545 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; from 1545 its Dean; 1533-1546 administrator of the Chapter’s estates in Allenstein (Olsztyn); in 1548 and 1550 General Administrator of the Ermland bishopric (after the deaths of Ioannes Dantiscus and Tiedemann Giese) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 332; SBKW, p. 255-256)⌋ remittere.