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Letter #5775

Nicolaus COPERNICUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1537-09-28
            received [1537]-09-29

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 1619, p. 99-100

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 147

Prints:
1SZULC 1857 p. 783 (in extenso)
2PRZEŹDZIECKI 1869 p. 138-139 (in extenso; Polish translation)
3Kopernikijana No. 18, p. 87-88 (Polish translation)
4Spicilegium No. 18, p. 204 (in extenso)
5Autografi Tav. VIII (facsimile)
6SIKORSKI 1968 No. 501, p. 129-130 (Polish register)
7Kopernik na Warmii No. 537, p. 512-513 (Polish register)
8RC No. 477, p. 202-203 (English register)
9DREWNOWSKI 1978 No. 15, p. 239 (in extenso; Polish translation)
10COPERNICUS 1992 Rękopisy No. XVI.29-30, p. 16 (facsimile)
11NCG 6/1 No. 178, p. 334-336 (in extenso; German translation)
12COPERNICUS 2007 p. 193 (in extenso)
13COPERNICUS 2007 p. 202 (Polish translation)

 

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BCz, 1619, p. 99

Reverendissime in Christo pater et domine, domine clementissime.

Petiit nuper ex me Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, ut cf. Epitaphium Lucae episcopi Łukasz WATZENRODE after 1512-03-29, CIDTC IDP 173, poem lostepitaphiumcf. Epitaphium Lucae episcopi Łukasz WATZENRODE after 1512-03-29, CIDTC IDP 173, poem lost quondam Łukasz Watzenrode (*1447 – †1512), Doctor of canon law, uncle of Nicolaus Copernicus.; 1475 - Kulm (Pol. Chełmno) canon; 1478 - Włocławek canon; 1479 - Ermland canon; 1482 - archdeacon of Kalisz and judical vicar of Gniezno; 1485 - Gniezno canon and scholastic of Łęczyca; 1488 - coadjutor of Ermland bishop Mikołaj Tungen; 1489 - Ermland bishop (against King Kazimierz Jagiellon's will); councillor of Polish Kings Jan Olbracht, Aleksander and Sigismund I Jagiellons. (Oracki, 200-201)Lucae episcopiŁukasz Watzenrode (*1447 – †1512), Doctor of canon law, uncle of Nicolaus Copernicus.; 1475 - Kulm (Pol. Chełmno) canon; 1478 - Włocławek canon; 1479 - Ermland canon; 1482 - archdeacon of Kalisz and judical vicar of Gniezno; 1485 - Gniezno canon and scholastic of Łęczyca; 1488 - coadjutor of Ermland bishop Mikołaj Tungen; 1489 - Ermland bishop (against King Kazimierz Jagiellon's will); councillor of Polish Kings Jan Olbracht, Aleksander and Sigismund I Jagiellons. (Oracki, 200-201), antecessoris Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae avunculi mei, quod olim a se factum mihi cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Nicolaus COPERNICUS [after 1512-03-29, probably quite a long time before 1537-09-28], CIDTC IDL 6835, letter lost, lostmiseratcf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Nicolaus COPERNICUS [after 1512-03-29, probably quite a long time before 1537-09-28], CIDTC IDL 6835, letter lost, lost, remitterem Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae. Mitto igitur eius exemplum, quoniam de manu propria Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae apud me non exstat. Doleo equidem, quod ad usum destinatum non pervenerit, cum iam antea aliud quoddam sepulcro fuisset insculptum parum habens odoris saporisque minus, sed quod procuratum sic erat et paratum illi adhuc in humanis volenti. Cupio et precor Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae longaevam valetudinem ad incrementum Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussiaecclesiae suaeErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia et suorum consolationem, cui servitia mea devoveo.

E(idem) or E(iusdem)E(idem)E(idem) or E(iusdem) Reverendissimae D(ominationi) or D(ominationis)D(ominationi)D(ominationi) or D(ominationis) Vestrae devotissimus Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)Nicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)