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Letter #1641

Martin von ZEHMEN (CEMA) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Kulmsee (Chełmża), 1537-05-17


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 4, f. 120

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 457

Prints:
1UBC No. 919, p. 774-775 (in extenso; German register)

 

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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⌊Iohanni Dei gratia confirmato episcopo CulmensiIoannes 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⌋ administratorique Pomezaniensi et sacrae maiestatis Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊regis PoloniaeSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ oratori, domino suo gratiosissimo et colendissimo

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine gratiosissime.

Debita facultatis et orationis commendatione praemissa.

Scripsi aliquotiens de his, quae in dominio et episcopatu Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae aguntur. Litterae an perlatae, aut desidia latorum neglectae sunt, scire nequeo nullo responso habito.

Kulmsee (Chełmża, Culmense), town in northern Poland, Kulm Lake District, between Kulm and Thorn, 1251-1824 the seat of the Kulm bishops, with a cathedral and a collegiate church⌊HicKulmsee (Chełmża, Culmense), town in northern Poland, Kulm Lake District, between Kulm and Thorn, 1251-1824 the seat of the Kulm bishops, with a cathedral and a collegiate church⌋ spe inani desideratissimi adventus Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae non absque singulari perturbatione animi cotidie detinemur. Faxit Altissimus, [ut] tandem in brevi desuper consolationem habeamus.

Frumenta ad ... vendi ... deducta sunt, sed non vendita. Mercator ille per suum nuntium satis ... pretio in Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊GedanumGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ praesentanda non absque magno Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae dispendio et damno habere voluit, quod inconsultum videbatur. Pace in mari constituta, meliori foro vendi possunt. Sunt in toto citra LXX lastae utriusque frumenti, de quo tritici XVII lastae Citizens of Kulm ⌊civibus CulmensibusCitizens of Kulm ⌋ venditae sunt ad praestam, quilibet modius pro VIII grossis et I solido. De frumentis per me hucusque nil perceptum aut expositum, de aliis proventibus castra et praedia hactenus provisa sunt.

Me humili animo Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae recommendo et obsequia offero, et eandem felicissime et diutissime valere exopto.