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Letter #633

Mark LAURIJN to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Bruges, 1531-05-30

English register:

Were it not for Dantiscus' well-known benevolence, Laurijn should hesitate to write to such a venerable person. Now, however, he even dares to invoke the help of this honored prelate, who is an assiduous patron of the Republic of Letters. Livinus Panagathus has started constructing a terrestrial globe commissioned by Laurijn. It will be of huge size and easy to rotate in all directions.

Laurijn asks Dantiscus to lend him his map of the newly discovered islands, without which the globe would be incomplete and imperfect. He will treat it with the utmost care and return it as soon as possible. He sends Lieven Algoet as messenger.


            received Ghent (Gandavum), [1531]-05-30

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 48
2copy in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8242 (TK 4), a. 1531, f. 45
3register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 239

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 340

Prints:
1DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 129, p. 82 (English register; excerpt)
2Españoles part IIIB, No. 10, p. 324-325 (excerpt in Spanish translation)
3CEID 2/2 (Appendix No. 1) p. 593-594 (in extenso; English register)

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 48v

Reverendissimo 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 DantiscoIoannes 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⌋ episcopo Culmensi etc. Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊Regni PoloniaePoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋

Ghent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌊GandaviGhent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium⌋

AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 48r

Salutem plurimam.

Non tanta confidentia, Praesul Dignissime, ad Tuam scriberem R(everendissimam) or R(everendam)⌈R(everendissimam)R(everendissimam) or R(everendam)⌉ Paternitatem, nisi tua humanitas, qua omnibus benefacere studes, prius mihi praedicata fuisset. Quare factum est, ut hoc minus metuam, quod sic alioquin cogitare quidem auderem, hoc est, quod pusillus homuncio non erubesco summi antistitis implorare auxilium. Facioque certe eo audentius, quod nimis imploratum habeo te, Presul Dignissime, reipublicae litterariae promovendae patronum esse promptissimum, quam scio te deserturum numquam.

Coeptus est apud me per Lieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)⌊Livinum PanaghatumLieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)⌋ describi orbis terrarum in orbe globo vere tam ingenti, ut vix quisque crederet, nisi viso, ea magnitudine fabricari posse, pro sua mole in omnem partem volubili, ut statim se ea pars mundi oculis obiiciatur, quam quisque cupiat ac velit, idque nullo labore atque molestia. Desiderantur in eo cf. Christopher Columbus, Epistula Christofori Colom: cui aetas nostra multum debet, de insulis Indiae supra Gangem nuper inventis, Roma, 1493 ⌊noviter repertae insulaecf. Christopher Columbus, Epistula Christofori Colom: cui aetas nostra multum debet, de insulis Indiae supra Gangem nuper inventis, Roma, 1493 ⌋,[1] quarum accepi Tuam R(everendissimam) or R(everendam)⌈R(everendissimam)R(everendissimam) or R(everendam)⌉ Paternitatem in charta habere descriptiones. Rogo eandem Tuam R(everendissimam) or R(everendam)⌈R(everendissimam)R(everendissimam) or R(everendam)⌉ Paternitatem, ut charta Lieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)⌊Livino PanagathoLieven Algoet (Livinus Panagathus, Livinus Omnibonus, Levinus Goethals) (†1547), Dutch humanist, poet and cartographer, author of an account of the Augsburg Diet (1530), in 1519 entered the service of Erasmus of Rotterdam, in 1534 became a preceptor of young courtiers at the court of Mary of Hungary (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 53, 371; CE, vol. 1, p. 35-36)⌋ harum latori et itidem mihi pro absolutione globi ad tempus commodato contingere possit. Servabitur illaesa et bona fide restituetur quam citissime. Si Tua charta caruero, erit meus orbis mancus, claudicans, utpote non suis constans membris. Boni consulat meam audaciam Tua R(everendissima) or R(everenda)⌈R(everendissima)R(everendissima) or R(everenda)⌉ Paternitas, et, si quid est, in quo eidem viciss(?) vicissim gratificari possim, inveniet me ad omnia paratum et alacrem.

Vale.

Vestrae R(everendissimae) or R(everendae)⌈R(everendissimae)R(everendissimae) or R(everendae)⌉ Paternitati observantissimus Mark Laurijn (Marcus Laurinus) (*1488 – †1540), humanist, studied at Louvain University (1502) and in Bologna (1507), friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Juan Luis Vives, brother-in-law of Cornelis De Schepper's wife Elisabeth Donche, the widow of his brother Pieter Laurijn; 1512 Canon of St. Donat in Bruges, 1519 - Dean of. St. Donatian (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 85-86)⌊Marcus LaurinusMark Laurijn (Marcus Laurinus) (*1488 – †1540), humanist, studied at Louvain University (1502) and in Bologna (1507), friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Juan Luis Vives, brother-in-law of Cornelis De Schepper's wife Elisabeth Donche, the widow of his brother Pieter Laurijn; 1512 Canon of St. Donat in Bruges, 1519 - Dean of. St. Donatian (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 85-86)⌋ p(res)b(yte)r

[1] America or - perhaps more likely - the islands discovered during the expedition by Ferdinand Magellan.