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Letter #646

Gonzalo PÉREZ to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Brussels, 1531-07-01


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, UUB, H. 154, f. 62
2copy in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 358

Auxiliary sources:
1register in English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 30, No. 45

Prints:
1DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 441, p. 87 (English register)

 

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UUB, H. 154, f. 62r

Reverendissime atque Ill(ustrissime) or Ill(ustris)Ill(ustrissime)Ill(ustrissime) or Ill(ustris) Domine, domine mi observandissime.

Coegit me urgentissima causa, impulit me Reverendissimae Paternitatis Tuae erga omnes humanitas, ut equum Ghent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in BelgiumGandaviGhent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium ab eadem peterem, cogit me nunc etiam pudor Eandem Reverendissimam Paternitatem Tuam precari, ne quid ab ea hac de re Dominus meus Alfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26)ValdesiusAlfonso de Valdés (Alphonsus Valdesius) (*1500-1504 – †1532), Spanish humanist, friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam, brother of Juan and Diego; from 1520 in the service of the Imperial Chancellor Mercurino Gattinara; 1522 secretary of Emperor Charles V of Habsburg; 1526 Latin secretary (FERNÁNDEZ-SANTAMARÍA, p. 38-48; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 26) intelligat, ne forte tantum impudentiae mihi probro daret. Qua in re multo maiorem prima gratiam fecerit Reverendissima Paternitas Tua quam felicissime et diutissime valere faxit Deus Optimus Maximus.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae et Ill(ustrissimae) or Ill(ustris)Ill(ustrissimae)Ill(ustrissimae) or Ill(ustris) Paternitatis Tuae humilis servitor Gonzalo Pérez (*1500 – †1567), humanist, writer, author of a translation of "The Odyssey" (1550); father of Antonio Pérez, secretary of Philip II; after his death, in 1574, his collection of rare Greek and Latin manuscripts was acquired by king Philip II for the Escorial library; until 1532 scribe of Alfonso de Valdés; then secretary of Emperor Charles V and King Philip II of Spain (CEID 2/3, p. 26, 210; GONZÁLEZ, passim)Gonsalus PereziusGonzalo Pérez (*1500 – †1567), humanist, writer, author of a translation of "The Odyssey" (1550); father of Antonio Pérez, secretary of Philip II; after his death, in 1574, his collection of rare Greek and Latin manuscripts was acquired by king Philip II for the Escorial library; until 1532 scribe of Alfonso de Valdés; then secretary of Emperor Charles V and King Philip II of Spain (CEID 2/3, p. 26, 210; GONZÁLEZ, passim)