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Letter #5754

Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
s.l., [1526-09-18 — 1526-12-10 or 1527-01-26 — 1527-08-23 or 1527-10-18 — 1528-12-17 or 1529-04-20 — 1529-07-27 or 1529-08-12 — 1529-10-18 or 1529-11-05 — 1530-04-19 or 1530-06-26 — 1530-11-23 or 1530-12-19 — 1531-06-15 or 1531-06-30 — 1531-11-28 or 1531-12-12 — 1532-01-17 or 1532-04-06 — 1532-07-07]

English register:

As a curiosity, Valdés sends Dantiscus a booklet that he found by chance when tidying his luggage. It contains prayers or hymns that were supposed to protect the Moors during battle. The booklet was accompanied by a streap of beaten gold embossed with Arabic letters of some religious significance unclear to Valdés. He sends it as well.




Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, 18th-century, BK, 222, No. 47, p. 185 (c.p. 2)
2copy in Latin, 19th-century, BK, 222, not numbered, f. [1r (c.p.) after p. 185]
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 40 (TN), No. 254, p. 976-977
4register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 302.35
5lost fair copy in Latin, AAWO, AB, D.130, No. 35

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 38

Prints:
1BOEHMER 1899 p. 397 (in extenso)
2DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 57, p. 37 (reference)
3VALDÉS 1996 Cartas y documentos, No. 48, p. 123 (in extenso)
4CEID 2/3 (Letter No. 67) p. 274-275 (in extenso; English register; Polish register)

 

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Salutem.

Meas mihi sarcinulas evolventi forte fortuna ad manus venit hic libellus, in quo nonnullae, ut audio, insunt precationes carminave, quibus The Moors (Mauri), North African pirates⌊MauriThe Moors (Mauri), North African pirates⌋ sese in proelio tutos fore existimant. Nactus sum propterea una cum libello, quam vides, auream laminam Arabicis characteribus impressam, quam etiam religionis nescio quid The Moors (Mauri), North African pirates⌊MauriThe Moors (Mauri), North African pirates⌋ habere sibi ipsis persuadent. Visa est mihi res haud prorsus indigna, quae non ob religionem, sed ob rei novitatem ad te iret. Tu utrumque grato animo accipe et vale.