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Letter #208

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Piotr TOMICKI
Villach, 1524-04-08


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BNW, BOZ, 2053, TG 5, No. 481, f. 97
2copy in Latin, 16th-century, AGAD, LL, 23, p. 169-170
3copy in Latin, 16th-century, BJ, 6557, f. 99r
4copy in Latin, 16th-century, B. Ossol., 177/II, f. 135v-136v
5copy in Latin, 16th-century, BK, 213, a.1524, No. 129, p. 209-210
6copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 36 (TN), No. 22, p. 63-64
7copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 274, No. 94, p. 118-119
8copy in Latin, 19th-century, MHMT, former BJ, Przyb. 15/52, f. 112v-113r

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 264

Prints:
1AT 7 a.1524, No. 118, p. 106-107 (in extenso)
2Sumariusz No. 838, p. 104 (Polish register)

 

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Reverendissimo in Christo Patri, Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌊domino Petro dei gratia Cracoviensi et Posnaniensi episcopo Regni Poloniae vicecancellarioPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌋ etc., domino meo gratiosissimo.

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine gratiosissime, humillimam commendationem.

Novissimis litteris Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae respondi, non tamen quantum opus fuit, credebam enim ex Wiener Neustadt (Nova Civitas Austriae), city in eastern Austria, ca. 50 km S of Vienna⌊Nova CivitateWiener Neustadt (Nova Civitas Austriae), city in eastern Austria, ca. 50 km S of Vienna⌋ alium tabellarium futurum, quod non evenit, proinde brevibus me expediam. Gratum mihi est plurimum, propter navigationem, quam in reditu facturus sum, quod 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⌊maiestas regiaSigismund 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⌋ animum induxit, ut rebus id exigentibus hoc tempore ad oscula pedum non procumbamus, postquam rediero, sicut in Deum confido, ista congratulatio et si quid se aliud offeret, quod maiestas regia agendum censebit, satis opportune confici poterit. De Ludovico Decio, quae ad me perscripsit, illi referam. Non poterit nisi molestissime ferre, quod iste Andreolus hanc moram commiserit, cum ipse alias solitus sit diligenter et fideliter servire Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae. Quod vult, ut obtemperem in rebus agendis domino collegae meo et idem cum eo sentiam, non gravate facio et facturus sum, cum propter illius virtutem et eruditionem, tum etiam, quod cognosco, me ad id faciendum obligari, neque ut spero, de me testari aliud poterit, et quemadmodum scripsi in novissimis, hominem ex corde diligo et observo, illosque fallet opinio, qui credebant, inter nos convenire non posse.

Litterae Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae, quae in Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊UrbeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ debent reddi mea opera, ex Venice (Venezia, Venetiae), city in northeastern Italy, capital of the Republic of Venice⌊VenetiisVenice (Venezia, Venetiae), city in northeastern Italy, capital of the Republic of Venice⌋ illis, ad quos scriptae sunt, quanto tutius et citius possunt, dabuntur, neque in illis, quae Venetiis et Padova (Patavium, Padua), city in northern Italy, Veneto, on the Bacchiglione river, 40 km N of Venice⌊PataviiPadova (Patavium, Padua), city in northern Italy, Veneto, on the Bacchiglione river, 40 km N of Venice⌋ distribui debent, ulla mora futura est.

Aliud nunc non restat, quam quod Dominatio Vestra Reverendissima me suum servum perpetuum ea, qua cepit, gratia prosequatur, et si se casus obtulerit, Iodoci non obliviscatur. Magnificus dominus collega meus, quem Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae deditissimum cognovi, illi se maximopere commendat.