[1] Perspexi1 tuum candorem atque humanitatem, mi Montane, ex tuis literis2 Affligemio3 datis et uehementer placuit gratum istud fuisse hospitium, atque non paenituisse suscepti itineris, quod deinceps commodum atque felix uobis opto.4 [2] Albornotio5 tuas literas6 reddi curauimus et de indicibus bibliothecarum7 mihi modo sedulo curae futurum est, ut satisfiat8 expectatione tuae, concepitque iam meo iussu Pighius noster de ea re literas9 amicis praelatis dandas. Insuper, si quae imposterum occurrent, in quibus usui ac seruitio dominationi uestrae esse potero, promptissimum me semper merito inueniet. [3] Plantinus non poterit non esse commendatus dominationi tuae. Affinis et soror, item Pighius, plurimam salutem uicissim remittunt uxorculae et Isabellulae,10 quae11 uobis in amoribus est.
1569 10 24
1570 05 17 Maximilian Morillon (Brussels) to Benito Arias Montano (Antwerp)
24 October 1569
METADATA
Identifier: 1569 10 24
Incipit: Perspexi tuum candorem atque humanitatem…
Manuscripts:
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(C1) SUBH, Sup. ep. (4º) 7, f. 76r;
(C2) Manuscrits Divers 187, f. 73r;
(C3) Ms. 7400/113, f. 139v-140r.
Prints:
- (E1) De Vocht, Pighii epistolarium, pp. 275-277; (E2) Domínguez, Correspondencia, I, 268-275.
Critical edition, translation and notes: Antonio Dávila Pérez – Jeanine De Landtsheer
Codification and digital edition: Antonio Dávila Pérez
SUMMARY
Morillon has received a letter from BAM informing him that his visit to the Abbey of Afflighem was very satisfactory. Morillon promises his collaboration to obtain catalogs of the libraries from the abbots in his jurisdiction and for any other new matter that arises. He sends greetings from Brussels to Plantin's family circle.
COMMENT
The letter is published in the correspondence of Pighius, who wrote it on behalf of Morillon (de Vocht, Pighii epistolarium, letter 173, p. 277). The original letter from Morillon has not been preserved, and it likely ended up among the papers of Pighius, which, after his death in 1604, were transferred along with the rest of his manuscript legacy to the State Library of Prussia in Berlin. As for the correspondence, it would have reached a total of 266 original pieces, from or to Pighius, but they disappeared long ago from the Berlin library. Three copies of varying quality of these letters are preserved, dating back at least to the year 1725: one from the Hamburg manuscript (SUBH, Sup. ep. (4º) 7, f. 76r), which presents the best textual condition of the entire manuscript transmission, and two Brussels manuscripts, apparently dependent on the Hamburg manuscript (ARA, Manuscrits Divers 187, fol. 73r and BRB, Ms. 7400/113, fol. 139v-140r). For more on this transmission, see J.H. Jongkees, «Stephanus Winandus Pighius Campensis», Mededelingen van het Nederlands Historisch Instituut te Rome, 8 (1954) 120-185 (p. 190) and Domínguez, Correspondencia, I, 301.
FACSIMILE
AND NOTES
[1] He apreciado1 bien el candor y amabilidad de vuestra merced, mi querido Montano, por la carta que me envió desde Afflighem,2 y me complació sobremanera que resultase del agrado de vuestra merced ese alojamiento y que no se haya arrepentido de empreder el viaje, que les deseo a vuestras mercedes3 cómodo y exitoso en adelante. [2] Nos hemos encargado de que la carta de vuestra merced sea entregada a Albornoz,4 y en cuanto a los catálogos de las bibliotecas me ocuparé al punto de forma diligente de que se dé satisfacción a la expectativa de vuestra merced, y ya nuestro querido Pighio5 ha pergeñado una carta sobre este asunto para remitirla a los amigos abades.6 Además, si en adelante surge algún asunto en el que pueda servir a vuestra señoría, siempre me tendrá preparado como merece. [3] Plantino no podrá dejar de ser recomendado a vuestra señoría. Mi cuñado y mi hermana,7 igual que Pighio, devuelven sus cordiales saludos a su querida esposa y Isabelita,8 a las que tanto quiere vuestra merced.
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[1] Perspexi tuum candorem atque humanitatem, mi Montane, ex tuis literis Affligemio datis et uehementer placuit gratum istud fuisse hospitium, atque non paenituisse suscepti itineris, quod deinceps commodum atque felix uobis opto. [2] Albornotio tuas literas reddi curauimus et de indicibus bibliothecarum mihi modo sedulo curae futurum est, ut satisfiat expectatione tuae, concepitque iam meo iussu Pighius noster de ea re literas amicis praelatis dandas. Insuper, si quae imposterum occurrent, in quibus usui ac seruitio dominationi uestrae esse potero, promptissimum me semper merito inueniet. [3] Plantinus non poterit non esse commendatus dominationi tuae. Affinis et soror, item Pighius, plurimam salutem uicissim remittunt uxorculae et Isabellulae, quae uobis in amoribus est.
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