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Letter #1849

Nicolaus COPERNICUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-04-25
            received [1538]-04-26

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, UUB, H. 154, f. 163
2register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 30, No. 104

Prints:
1PROWE 1853 p. 10, picture II (in extenso; facsimile)
2COPERNICUS 1854 p. 634 (in extenso; Polish translation)
3Kopernikijana No. 10, p. 81-82 (Polish translation)
4Spicilegium No. 13, p. 200-201 (in extenso)
5Autografi Tav. V (bottom of page) (facsimile)
6PROWE 1884 p. 161 (in extenso)
7DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 382, p. 306 (in extenso)
8SIKORSKI 1968 No. 416, p. 104
9Kopernik na Warmii No. 444, p. 495 (Polish register)
10RC No. 393, p. 170 (English register)
11CZARTORYSKI No. Phot. 1, p. 386 (facsimile)
12DREWNOWSKI 1978 No. 7, p. 232-233 (in extenso; Polish translation)
13COPERNICUS 1992 Rękopisy No. IX.15-16, p. 15 (facsimile)
14NCG 6/1 No. 117, p. 230-231 (in extenso; German translation)
15COPERNICUS 2007 p. 187-188 (in extenso)
16COPERNICUS 2007 p. 198 (Polish translation)

 

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UUB, H. 154, f. 163r

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine clementissime.

In negotio illo canonicatuum, quod mihi commisit Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, accepto et communicato consilio cum Tiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)reverendissimo domino CulmensiTiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim) visum est non satis maturum esse, ut ad Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)capitulumErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia) referatur, nisi prius causa cantoris, quae supervenit, decidatur. Quo facto ad illam proponendam dabitur melior occasio, nisi interim aliud deliberaverit Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, cui servitia mea cupio esse commendata.

E(idem) Reverendissimae D(ominationi) 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)