BIB_ID
126882
Accession number
MA 1620.1
Creator
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.
Display Date
1524 Mar. 25.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with special assistance of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne and Alfred Ogden, 1955.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 31.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "D. Guidoni Morillono, Cesareae maiestatis secretario."
Guy Morillon was at this time secretary to the Emperor Charles V.
Guy Morillon was at this time secretary to the Emperor Charles V.
Provenance
From the collection of Abraham Ortelius; by descent to his nephew Ja. Colius Ortelianus; in the possession of the Dutch Reformed Church, Austin Friars, London in 1924; purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne and Alfred Ogden, 1955.
Summary
Mentioning several people with whom he is corresponding, including Maximilianus, Doctor de la Roche, Chancellor Mercurino, Jean Lalemand, and Lady Margaret. Remarking that it is easy to publish attacks against him in Germany, but noting that he has not written explicitly against Luther except to say that he is unsympathetic to his party. Mentioning that he has finished the paraphrases for the entire New Testament except for the Apocalypse. Sending greetings to his Spanish acquaintances, including the Archbishop of Compostela, Doctor Coronel, and Master Guillaume Le Moyne. Regretting his presence in Basel.
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