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Letter #6257

Georgius SABINUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
s.l., [1546-05-01 — 1546-05-05]

Early printed source materials:
1DANTISCUS 1764 p. 329-330 (in extenso)
2PERIANDER (Georgius Sabinus ad Ioannem Dantiscum episcopum Varmiensem) p. 440-441 (in extenso)
3SABINUS 1558 p. [158r-v] (in extenso)
4SABINUS 1563 p. 307-308 (in extenso)
5SABINUS 1578 p. 307-308 (in extenso)
6SABINUS 1581 p. 307-308 (in extenso)
7SABINUS 1589 p. 307-308 (in extenso)
8SABINUS 1606 p. 282-283 (in extenso)

Prints:
1KÜHLMAN p. 729-731 (in extenso; German translation)

 

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p. 307

Cultor Pieriae Sabinus artis,
Antistes venerande te salutat
Hinc, qua iunipero virente cinctus,
Curvo Bregela labitur fluento.
Ulvosam residens ad huius undam
Muses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌊MusarumMuses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌋ quid agat chorus, requiris?
Flagranti studio vacat canendi
Noctes atque dies, ut bis in oris
Doctae Minerva Roman goddess identified with Greek Athena, the goddess of wisdom, law and justice, the arts and war⌊PalladisMinerva Roman goddess identified with Greek Athena, the goddess of wisdom, law and justice, the arts and war⌋ excitentur artes,
Orpheus in Greek mythology a musician, poet, and prophet, who descended to the underworld to rescue his wife Eurydice⌊OrpheumOrpheus in Greek mythology a musician, poet, and prophet, who descended to the underworld to rescue his wife Eurydice⌋que docet movere plectrum
Arctoi maris accolas Borussos.
Quin et saepe tuas ad astra laudes
Pleno Musicus ore coetus effert:
Te sermonis et utriusque linguae
Expertum canit, inclitumque vatem.
Haec ut nota tibi forent, et omnes
Rescirent gelido sub axe gentes:
A nostro tibi Melchior Isinderus (Melchior Isinder) (*ca. 1520 – †1588), studied in Wittenberg; pupil of Philipp Melanchthon; 1548 - doctorate in theology from Wittenberg University; Professor (i.a. of Greek and Theology) at the University in Königsberg, 1549 - Rector⌊MelchioreMelchior Isinderus (Melchior Isinder) (*ca. 1520 – †1588), studied in Wittenberg; pupil of Philipp Melanchthon; 1548 - doctorate in theology from Wittenberg University; Professor (i.a. of Greek and Theology) at the University in Königsberg, 1549 - Rector⌋ nuper

p. 308

Hac in Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌊urbeKönigsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌋ cf. Melchior ISINDERUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1546, [shortly before April 28], CIDTC IDL 6195⌊dicatus estcf. Melchior ISINDERUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1546, [shortly before April 28], CIDTC IDL 6195⌋ cf. Ioachimus Camerarius, Libellus Ioachimi Camerarii Pabergensis de invocatione sanctorum ex li[n]gua Graeca in Latinam conversus a M(agistro) Melchiore Isindero Silesio. Edita in Academia Regii montis Mense Aprili, An(no) MDXLVI, Mons Regius, Ioannes Weynreich, 1546 ⌊libelluscf. Ioachimus Camerarius, Libellus Ioachimi Camerarii Pabergensis de invocatione sanctorum ex li[n]gua Graeca in Latinam conversus a M(agistro) Melchiore Isindero Silesio. Edita in Academia Regii montis Mense Aprili, An(no) MDXLVI, Mons Regius, Ioannes Weynreich, 1546 ⌋.
Quem, ceu primitias novi Lycei,
Oro suscipias. Deinde plura
Nostrae Muses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌊PieridesMuses Greek goddesses of literature and the arts⌋ tibi dicabunt:
Quae curis nisi tot gravatus esses,
Missis hinc quoque saepius tabellis
Scribendi studium tibi probarent.
restat, tibi se tuus SABINVS
Commendat, cupidis petitque votis,
Ut feliciter exigas tot annos,
Quot ver purpureos ubique flores
Nunc in mollibus educat viretis.