Copernicus to Bishop Dantiscus
Frombork, 11 kwietnia 1533 r.
Original: lost; facsim. in: Notice respecting Copernicus, "Edinburgh Philosophical Journal", 1821, 5, table III;
19th century copy in: Czartoryski Library, Kraków, manuscript 1596, pp. 357-358, and Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lvov, manuscript III, 546, c. 234-234v.
Nicholas Copernicus (Nicolaus Copernicus) replies to John Dantiscus, Bishop-elect of Chełmno, that he thanks him for his graciousness, and he is happy that he has found such a guardian. He thanks him for the invitation, that on April 20, 1533 he will go to the Bishop [to Lubawa]; however, certain activities and important matters keep him and mister Felix Reich, Canon of Warmia in Frombork. He asks that the Bishop not be angry; he is prepared to fulfill his greetings at another time.
Further reading
- Biskup M., Regesta Copernicana (Wrocław, 1973).
- Nicholas Copernicus Minor Works (Warsaw-Cracow, 1985).
