Copernicus’ Inventory of 1520

Copernicus’ Inventory of 1520

Original: Archive of the Warmia Archdiocese, Olsztyn, Dok. Kap., V 9, k. 1-7.

In compliance with papal policy, the Varmia Chapter preserved important documents affecting its status and rights. The earliest inventory, consisting of more than thirty documents, was compiled about the middle of the fifteenth century. Then, a decade or so later, the second inventory listed 38 documents, which in the main were different from those in the first inventory. The latter had identified its documents by assigning an Arabic numeral to each of them, but that method was not followed in the second inventory, whose documents were stored in a special wooden box kept in Frombork. The storage plan was changed at the time of the third inventory, which consisted of two sections. The first, comprising 32 documents, was assembled in Frombork on 7 March 1502. Then, by order of the venerable Varmia Chapter on l October 1502 A.D., I, Balthasar Stockfisch, canon and administrator, collected all the aforementioned documents in the Frombork Cathedral, and took them to Olsztyn, and deposited them in the treasury of the castle. Among them were the following twenty¹ documents, making a total of 52. Frombork was dangerously near the border with the Chapter's hostile neighbor, the Order of Teutonic Knights. The wisdom of the transfer from Frombork to the Chapter's most heavily fortified castle in Olsztyn was later confirmed in the war of 1520-1521, when Frombork was overrun whereas Olsztyn remained intact.

The fourth inventory begins with a preamble explaining that it was drawn up in the course of the year 1508 by me, George of Delau, cantor and canon of Varmia, and administrator... in the sixth and last year of my office².

Delau arranged the "rights and other documents in alphabetic order." The number of entries having risen to 144, the Chapter acquired for its treasury in Olsztyn Castle a chest of drawers, each of which was designated by a letter of the alphabet. The drawers were protected by two doors which were hinged at the sides and opened outward from the center. The Olsztyn chest has not been preserved. But a similar (albeit somewhat larger) chest survives to this very day in Wrocław. Instead of assigning an individual designation to each document, as had been done previously, Delau grouped related documents in a drawer, and listed them in his inventory under the letter of that drawer.

The next administrator served only one year, and did not compile a new inventory. Neither did his successor, Tiedemann Giese (1509-1515), who did, however, add some entries to the 1508 inventory, and also some notes. His successor, like his predecessor, served only one year, and was followed by Copernicus. But in his first term as administrator (1516-1519) Copernicus was occupied with more pressing problems than the inventory. His successor, who served only one year, likewise treated the inventory with benign neglect. After Copernicus had begun his second term as administrator on 11 November 1520, however, he compiled the Chapter's fifth inventory in the next few weeks, since he dated the document 1520. The war against the Teutonic Knights was then in full swing, preventing Copernicus from leaving Olsztyn, as he had frequently in pursuance of his duties during his first term as administrator. But in November-December 1520 an up-to-date inventory was urgently needed in case the Knights penetrated Olsztyn's defenses. In April 1521 an armistice went into effect, and Giese replaced Copernicus as administrator after 31 May 1521, when Copernicus was reassigned.

In the 1520 inventory Copernicus followed Delau's procedure in the 1508 inventory by refraining from assigning an individual number to each document. Instead, he placed related documents in the same drawer. Each drawer was designated by a letter of the alphabet, beginning with A and ending with R. He used 17 drawers in all, since in those days J was not recognized as a letter independent of I but rather as its consonantal variant.

The total number of entries under all the letters from A to R is 161. This total indicates the number of entries in the inventory, not the number of documents in the drawers. Thus, entry C 3 mentions "Seven bulls of indulgences," and G 14 refers to "Various wills." Hence, the number of documents inventoried exceeds 161. Although Copernicus did not indicate the general subject of the documents placed in any one drawer, he seems to have followed a plan, which will be indicated below in square brackets following the letter of the drawer. In three cases, at first glance Copernicus classified a particular document as belonging in a certain drawer, but on second thought he changed its classification. For instance, he originally placed a letter from the king of France after no. 9 under B, with communications from other potentates concerning the boundaries of the diocese of Varmia. But then he rea1ized that the king's letter dealt with a gift, and therefore more properly belonged under C, where it is listed as no. 6. By the same token he moved the entry following no. 7 under P, whose contents are mainly concerned with vicariates, to Q 6, where its subject matter (an annual rent) links it with Q 4. Less clear is his reason for shifting the entry originally listed after no. 14 under E to F l.

After writing the first eight entries under F, Copernicus deleted all this material by drawing three parallel vertical lines through it. Leaving the rest of this column blank, he rewrote the deleted entries, with the addition of a ninth entry, under F on a second sheet. He shifted to another sheet at this point in order to preserve the alphabetical order of his inventory. He wrote it on paper that was approximately three times as long as it was wide Folding a sheet in half vertically, and then in half again, he obtained long, narrow columns. On the recto of the first column he placed only the title:

Inventory of the Documents and Legal Papers in the Treasury of the Castle in Olsztyn 1520 A.D.

On the verso of the first column he put sections A and B, with sections C and D on the recto of the second column, and E on its verso. Below E, his longest section, he wrote the capital letter F, which he deleted when he realized that there was not enough space to accommodate the whole of section F on the verso of column 2. He therefore turned to the recto of column 3, and under F he wrote the first eight entries. But then he became aware that when he inserted the needed second sheet, section F would be hopelessly out of alphabetic order. Hence, folding the second sheet in the same way as the first, but cutting it once down the middle, he placed the second sheet inside the first and sewed them together. As a result, he could now write sections F and G in the proper alphabetic order on the recto of the first column of the inside sheet. Proceeding in this way, he wrote the rest of his inventory on the inside sheet, with his last two sections, Q and R, appearing on the recto of its fourth column. Thus he had no need for the verso of the fourth column of the inside sheet, and for the last two columns of the outside sheet.

To the left of most of the 161 entries, there is a dot. This may signify that the presence of the document (or documents) in the drawer was verified. In seven cases a horizontal stroke stands to the left of the entry³. In two of these cases4] there is also a curlicue, which appears by itself in 16 other cases5. What these signs mean separate1y and together has not yet been clarified.
vAlthough Copernicus' inventory is not yet completely understood in every detail, it has already thrown welcome added light on his second term as administrator of his Chapter as well as on the Chapter's earlier history.

From Edward Rosen's Introduction published in: Nicholas Copernicus Minor Works (Warsaw-Cracow, 1985).

Further reading:

1. Kopernik Mikołaj, Pisma pomniejsze, Warszawa 2007.

¹ Mikołaja Kopernika lokacje łanów opuszczonych, ed. Marian Biskup (Olsztyn, 1970), p. 33, 28-29. Leopold Prowe, Nicolaus Coppernicus (Berlin, 1883), vol. I, part II, 82, n.
 ² Jan Obłąk, Mikołaja Kopernika inwentarz dokumentów w skarbcu na zamku w Olsztynie, "Studia Warmińskie", 1972, 9, p. 76.
 ³ H 7, 8; I 6; N 6, 7; O 5; R 2.
 ⁴ H 8, I 6.
 ⁵ D 12; G 8, 13, 14; H 6; K 3. 9, 10; L 11; M 4, 5, 6; N 4, 5, 8; O 10.

INVENTORY OF THE DOCUMENTS AND LEGAL PAPERS IN THE TREASURY OF THE CASTLE IN OLSZTYN 1520 A.D.

A [ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DIOCESE OF VARMIA]

[1] 2 Bulls of Inno[cent] VI concerning the boundaries of the regions of Prussia

[2] 2 Golden Bulls of Charles IV concerning the delimitation of the regions of Prussia and the confirmation of the privileges of the diocese of Varmia

[3] Document of the said Charles concerning the renewal of the privileges of the diocese of Varmia

[4] Document of Anselm, the first bishop of Varmia, [concerning] the construction of a cathedral and the division [of the Prussian lands] into dioceses

B [DELIMITATION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DIOCESE OF VARMIA]

[1] Delimitation of the Varmia and Samland dioceses, with 4 seals

[2] Agreement between the diocese of Varmia and the Teutonic Knights concerning the boundaries, in Latin, with 8 seals

[3] Another agreement, in German, with 6 seals

[4] Bull of Gregory XI committing the case of the boundaries to the archbishop of Prague Prague

[5] Letter of the archbishop of Prague to the priest in Elbląg concerning the acceptance of witnesses

[6] Decision of the arbiters

[7] Copy of the delimitation of the boundaries, in the form of a book

[8] Letter transmitting the Grand Master’s [agreement] concerning the boundaries [of the Varmia diocese] with the Osterode district [of the Teutonic Knights]

[9] Two letters, extracts, concerning the same [subject] [Document of the king of France concerning a gift of wood from the Holy Cross]

C [DOCUMENTS CONCERNING FROMBORK CATHEDRAL]

[1] Document concerning the gift of the village Santoppen for the workshop of Frombork Cathedral

[2] Legal documents of the said workshop

[3] Seven bulls of indulgences for the said cathedral

[4] Document concerning the transfer of the head of St. George from Lidzbark to Frombork Cathedral

[5] Letter concerning the conduct of the choir in the said cathedral

[6] Document of the king of France concerning a gift of wood from the Holy Cross

D [BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS CONCERNING PROPERTIES IN NORTHERN VARMIA]

[l] Grant of Tolkemit, together with its district and with its fisheries, to the Varmia diocese

[2] Grant of Tolkemit to the Chapter by Bishop Fabian

[3] Individual’s property rights in Codyn, Scharfenstein, Reberg, and the Haselau mill

[4] Acknowledgment by G[eorge] of Baysen concerning the payment for the said properties

[5] King Sigis[mund’s] document approving the purchase of the village Claukendorf

[6] Approval of the purchase of the Tolkemit district

[7] Document approving the assignment, with papal authorization, of the villages Crebisdorf and Carsau in perpetuity to the monastery of St. Brigit in Gdańsk

[8] Registration of Conradswalt etc.

[9] Mortgaging of Schonebuche

[10] Approval of the purchase of Conradswalt by Simon Rabenwalt

[11] Approval of the purchase of Conradswalt by Bishop Lucas

[12] Approval of the purchase of the village Maybom

E [BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS CONCERNING PROPERTIES NEAR OLSZTYN AND BRANIEWO]

[1] King Sigismund of Poland’s document approving the purchase of villages near Stum

[2] Document concerning certain villages improperly named in the papal confirmation

[3] Document concerning the purchase of the land in front of the castle in Olsztyn and of two granaries

[4] Document concerning the purchase of the rent of the tavern from the overseer in New Cukendorf

[5] [Document concerning the] purchase of Quedeliz’s estate

[6] Document of the Chapter concerning part of the pastureland of the community of Rosengarten

[7] Individual’s rights in the village Glanden

[8] Individual’s rights in the village Gabelen

[9] Individual’s rights in the village Pilgrimsdorf

[10] Individual’s rights in the estate of Bebir

[11] Individual’s rights in the Borniten mill

[12] Decision concerning fishing in the mill pond, in the same place

[13] Decision concerning the Birckpusch woods, against the people of Frombork

[14] [Document concerning the] purchase of the estate of Caleberg

Document concerning the purchase of 12 marks, light money, [as rent] in the village Baisen

[15] Legal documents concerning Posorten, and a copy

[16] Claim concerning the arrears in the rent of the Caldemflis mill

[17] Document of acknowledgment in Olsztyn concerning the same [subject]

[18] Document concerning the transfer of the said mill to the Chapter

F [ADDITIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS CONCERNING PROPERTIES NEAR OLSZTYN AND BRANIEWO]

[1] Document concerning the purchase of 12 marks, light [money, as rent] in the village Baisen for the office of [the hours of] Our Lady

[2] Donation of the village Padelochen

[3] Confirmation of the said grant by the Council of Basel

[4] Three copies of the decision concerning the village Padelochen

[5] Document concerning the purchase of 8 parcels in the property of Peuthuen in the Olsztyn district

[6] Individual’s rights in the village Voitsdorf

[7] Document concerning the purchase of the said [village], and other similar [documents]

[8] Copy of an individual’s rights in Sandecaim

[F 1-F 8 were deleted, and then rewritten on the second sheet, fol. 1r]

[9] Document concerning the sale of parcels in Vusen for the [office of the] hours of Our Lady

G [FURTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS CONCERNING PROPERTIES NEAR OLSZTYN AND BRANIEWO]

[1] Individual’s rights in the village Wuszen

[2] Copy of the purchase of 8 parcels in the said place

[3] Decision against Fabian in the matter of the rent in the same place

[4] Implementation of the decision against the said individual concerning the mill

[5] Mortgage of 4 parcels in the said place by Fa[bian] Tolke

[6] Individual’s rights in the village Scaibot

[7] Document concerning the payment for the said [rights]

[8] Document concerning the purchase of the Scaibot estate

[9] Document concerning the payment for the said [estate]

[10] Copy of the sale of parcels in Engelswalt for the late Christian Tapiau

[11] Contract concerning the properties in Dareten

[12] Document concerning the sale of parcels and the mill in Schouffsberg

[13] Register of the anniversaries [of benefactors’ deaths]

[14] Various wills

H [ADMINISTRATION OF THE CHAPTER]

[1] Confirmation by Pope Boniface of certain statutes [governing the Chapter]

[2] Papal permission to the bishop of Varmia concerning disbursements by the custodian and other disbursements in addition to the main stipends [of the Varmia canons]

[3] Also, approval of the custodian’s disbursements [only to canons in residence]

[4] Deposition of witnesses concerning disbursements given to [canons] absent on a mission of the diocese or Chapter

[5] Letter of Bishop Fab[ian] concerning the distribution of the income from Tolkemit

[6] Damaged bull concerning the canons’ [obligation] to study for three years

[7] Agreement between the bishop and the Chapter concerning the canonical or episcopal lodging near Frombork Cathedral

[8] Agreement between the bishop and the Chapter concerning the election of canons and other matters

[9] Copy of the agreement [in H 8] between the bishop and the Chapter

[10] Concerning the provost’s [right to] speak first

I [ELECTION OF BISHOPS]

[1] Creation of the archdeaconate

[2] Confirmation by Innocent VIII of the election of the late Bishop Lucas [Watzenrode]

[3] Copy of the resignation from the bishopric in favor of the same [Lucas Watzenrode]

[4] King Sigismund’s document concerning the agreement about the election of bishops

[5] Articles of the oath [of allegiance] in the election of Bishop Fab[ian]

[6] Proceedings concerning the election of the said [bishop]

[7] Letter of the Chapter to the pope and the college of cardinals concerning the election of the late Arnold Venrade

[8] Letters of the bishops of Riga, Courland, Samland, and Pomesania concerning the same [subject]

[J was not yet recognized as a letter separate from I]

K [VARMIA AND SECULAR RULERS]

[1] Testimonial letter of the king of Poland on behalf of the bishop [of Varmia]

[2] Testimonial letter of the grand duke of Lithuania

[3] Letter of the king of Poland in which he took the diocese of Varmia under his protection

[4] Copy of the peace [treaty] between King Ladislaus of Poland and the Teutonic Knights

[5] Copy of the agreement between the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and Bishop N[icholas] of Varmia

[6] Document concerning the acceptance of the “perpetual peace” by the Chapter of Varmia

[7] Bundle of letters of King Matthias of Hungary and Bishop N[icholas] of Varmia

[8] Copy of the document naming Vincent Kelbas as administrator of the diocese of Varmia

[9] Draft of a petition of the bishop to the king of Poland

[10] Copy of an order to submit the diocese [of Varmia] to the protection of King Casimir of Poland

L [VARMIA’S SILVER AND OTHER POSSESSIONS]

[1] Document concerning the silver bequeathed by the late Bishop Henry

[2] Document concerning the cathedral’s silver, [weighing] 306 marks, for the use of the bishop, by [permission of] the Chapter

[3] Copy of an Elbląg letter concerning a loan made by the Chapter

[4] Concerning the silver pledged in Livonia

[5] Letter concerning the loan made by Bishop Paul of Courland

[6] Rescript of Sixtus IV against the withholders of the diocese’s lawful rights and possessions

[7] Also, a rescript of Inno[cent] VIII in a similar case

[8] Rescript against Sander of Vuszen

[9] Document of Benedict [of Macra], commissioner of Emperor Sigismund, against the Teutonic Knights concerning the restitution of what they had seized

[10] Document concerning the bishop’s goods seized by the Teutonic Knights in Elbląg

[11] Copy of the arbitral decision by Emperor Sigismund in favor of Bishop Henry of Varmia

[12] Order of the said bishop concerning the recovery of the property of his diocese and the booty, in accordance with the preceding decision

[13] Account of what was received by B[artholomew] Libenwalt from the bishop of Courland

M [VARMIA’S LOST PROPERTIES]

[l] Trial of George of Schliven and his accomplices

[2] Agreement with Gutco and those who held the castle in Seeburg

[3] Royal letter to the people of Brau[n]sberg concerning the mortgaging of the villages

[4] Order of Bishop Paul [Legendorf of Varmia] for a subsidy to repurchase the castle in Seeburg

[5] Letter of the said [bishop] to certain priests concerning the same [subject]

[6] Copy of a letter to the commander of Brande[n]burg concerning the property left behind by the administrative officers

[7] Letter of the Gutstadt provost acknowledging receipt of certain goods left by him with the Varmia Chapter

N [ABSOLUTION, TAXES, AND RELATED MATTERS]

[1] Bull of Pius II concerning absolution from the censures of the [Prussian] League

[2] Concerning compliance with the League’s instructions

[3] Circular letter in the matter of the League

[4] Letter of absolution of certain canons excommunicated by Bishop Francis [Kuhschmalz]

[5] Order of absolution in behalf of Bal[tasar] Scaibot

[6] Copy of a dispatch of Bishop Francis to the Grand Master concerning the levy

[7] Copy of [the letter of] the late Paul Rosdorf, [Grand Master of the] Teutonic Knights, to the bishop concerning the levy

[8] Document concerning Oporow[ski’s] provision for the parish church in Resil

[9] Decision of the arbiters between the diocese [of Varmia] and the Teutonic Knights

O [AGREEMENTS AND LAWSUITS]

[1] Document of agreement between the Chapter and the overseers

[2] Another document of agreement in a similar matter

[3] Also, another document in a similar case

[4] Letter in the Greussing case

[5] Receipt for expenses paid for the Chapter

[6] Document concerning the arbiters’ decision between Peter Polen and Andrew Melczer, citizens in Olsztyn

[7] Interrogation of the witnesses [in the case concerning the] house of C[hristopher] of Delen

[8] In the case of Philip Greussing

[9] In the case of Michael Bogener

[10] In the case of the 3 brothers from Plauten, who were condemned

[11] In the case of Tynappel

P [THE LESSER CANONRIES AND VICARIATES]

[1] Suit against the canons endowed with medium prebends

[2] Pope Martin V’s suppression of the medium and minor prebends of the diocese of Varmia

[3] The bishop’s and Chapter’s consent to the vicariate [established] by the late Otto of Russen

[4] Copy of the establishment of 2 Frombork Cathedral vicariates, based on Degeten and Vangaiten

[5] Establishment of the vicariate of the 11,000 virgins

[6] Document of the Brethren of St. Anthony in response to the donation

[7] Document concerning the establishment of 3 vicariates in Frombork Cathedral

[Document concerning the sale of the annual rent in Elditen]

[8] Mortgage of 4 parcels in Vusen for the vicariate of the late Martin Achtesnicht

[9] Approval of the will of Provost Henry concerning the vicariate of the provostship in Frombork Cathedral

[10] Document acknowledging the receipt of 9 florins for the community of vicars in Vierzighuben and Hinrichsdorf

Q [ALMSHOUSE AND RENTALS]

[1] Establishment of an almshouse in Frombork Cathedral

[2] Document concerning a gift to the poor

[3] Concerning the expansion of 1 1/2 parcels in Rabusen

[4] Acknowledgment of 1 mark as an[nual] rent for a vicariate

[5] In the case of the land for the vicariate of St. Wenceslaus

[6] Document concerning the sale of the rent of 11 marks in Elditen

R [VICARIATES]

[1] Establishment of a vicariate in Melsac

[2] Also, another establishment of a vicariate in the same place

[3] Establishment of a vicariate of St. George in the same place

[4] Inventory of the gift of Olsztyn

[5] Inventory of the gift of Santoppen

Translated by Edward Rosen

Olsztyn, [1520]

[k. 1]

Inuentarium litterarum et iurium in erario castri Allenstein anno Domini MDXX

[k. 1v]

A

Bulle II Inno[centii] VI super limitibus terrarum Prussie

Bulle II auree Caroli IIII super limitatione terrarum Prussie et confirmatione priuilegiorum ecclesie Varmiensis

Littere eiusdem Caroli super innouatione priuilegiorum ecclesie Varmiensis

Littere Anselmi primi episcopi Varmiensis [super] fundatione ecclesie et diocesum diuisione

B

Limitatio diocesis Varmiensis et Sambiensis sigillis IIII

Concordia inter ecclesiam Varmiensem et + [Cruciferos] super confinibus latina sigillis VIII

Alia concordia vulgaris sigillis VI

Bulla Gregorii XI commissionis ad archiepiscopum Pragensem in causa limitum

Littere archiepiscopi Pragensis ad pleb[anum] in Elbinge ad recipiendum testes

Pronuntiatio arbitrorum

Copia diuisionis limitum in forma libri

Littere missiue magistri generalis super limitibus cum districtu Osterode

Littere bine excise super eodem

[k. 2]

C

Littere donationis ville Santoppen pro fabrica ecclesie Varmiensis

Iura fabrice eiusdem

Bulle VII indulgentiarum pro eadem ecclesia

Littere translationis capitis s[ancti] Georgii ex Heilsberg ad ecclesiam Varmiensem

Littere obseruantie chori in eadem ecclesia

Littere regis Francie donationis ligni vite

D

Donatio Tolkemit cum suo districtu pro ecclesia Varmiensi et cum piscaturis

Donatio Tolkemit Capitulo per episcopum Fab[ianum]

Priuilegium bonorum Codyn, Scharfenstein, Reberg et molendini Haselau

Recognitio d[omini] G[eorgii] de Baisen super solutione eorumdem bonorum

Littere consensus d[omini] Sigis[mundi] regis exemptionis ville Claukendorf

Consensus exemptionis districtus Tolkemit

Littere consensus ut auctoritate apostolica ville Crebisdorf et Carsau possint perpetuo applicari monasterio s[ancte] Brigitte in Gadano. Sunt date fratribus s[ancte] Brigitte

Inscriptio Conradswalt etc.

Impignoratio Schonebuche

Consensus exemp[tionis] Conradswalt Simoni Rabenwalt

Consensus exemp[tionis] Conradswalt d[omino] episcopo Luce

Consensus exemp[tionis] ville Maybom

[k. 2v]

E

Littere d[omini] Sigismundi regis Pol[onie] consensus exemptionis Stum villarum

Instrumentum super quibusdam villis in confirmatione apostolica indebite nominatis

Instrumentum emptionis aree ante castrum Allenstein et duorum horreorum

Instrumentum emptionis census taberne a sculteto in Noua Cukendorf

Emptionis curie Quedelicz

Littere Capituli super parte prati communitatis Rosengarten

Priuil[egium] ville Glanden

Priuil[egium] ville Gabelen

Priuil[egium] ville Pilgrimsdorf

Priuil[egium] curie Bebir

Priuil[egium] molend[ini] Borniten

Sententia super piscatura ibidem in lacu molend[ini]

Sententia super silua Birckpusch contra Varmienses

Emptionis curie Caleberg

Iura et copia Posorten

Impetitio census retardati in molend[ino] Caldemflis

Littere recognitionis in Alenstein super eodem

Littere deuolutionis eiusdem molend[ini] ad Capitulum

[k. 3]

F

Littere exemptionis marcarum XII le[uium] in villa Baisen pro officio horarum D[omine] nostre

Donatio ville Padelochen

Confirmatio eiusdem per concilium Basiliense

Copie III sententie super villa Padelochen

Littere emptionis mans[orum] VIII in bonis Peuthuen districtus Allensteinensis

Priuilegium ville Voitsdorf

Littere emptionis eiusdem et alia simul

Copia priuile[gii] Sandecaim

Littere venditionis mansorum in Vusen pro horis D[omine] n[ostre]

G

Priuilegia ville Wuszen

Copia emptionis mans[orum] VIII ibidem

Sententia contra Fabianum occasione census ibidem

Instrumentum sententie contra eundem super molend[ino]

Impignoratio mans[orum] IIII ibidem per Fa[bianum] Tolke

Priuile[gium] ville Scaibot

Littere solutionis eiusdem

Littere emptionis curie Scaibot

Littere solutionis eiusdem

Copia venditionis mans[orum] in Engelswalt pro q[uondam] Christianno Tapiau

Contractus bonorum in Dareten

Littere venditionis mans[orum] et molendini in Schouffsberg

Liber anniuersariorum

Testamenta diuersa

[k. 3v]

H

Confirmatio Bonifacii pape quorundam statutorum

Commissio pape episcopo Varmiensi de custodial[ibus] et aliis distribution[ibus] preter corpora preben[darum]

Item confirmatio de custod[ialibus] distribuendis

Depositio test[ium] de distribution[ibus] que in causa ecclesie vel Capituli absent[ibus] dantur

Littere domini Fab[iani] episcopi de prouent[ibus] Tolkemit distribuendis

Bulla corrupta super triennali studio canonicorum

De curia canonicali siue e[pisco]pali apud ecclesiam Varmiensem concordia episcopi et Capituli

Concordia episcopi et Capituli de electione canonicorum et aliis rebus

Copia laudi inter episcopum et Capitulum

De prima voce d[omini] prepositi

I

Erectio archidiaconatus

Confirmatio Innocentii VIII electionis quo[n]dam Luce episcopi

Copia resignationis episcopatus eidem facte

Littere regis Sigismundi concordie super electione episcoporum

Articuli iurati in electione d[omini] Fab[iani] episcopi

Acta circa electionem eiusdem

Littere Capituli ad papam et cetum card[inalium] de electione q[uondam] Arnoldi Venrade

Littere episcoporum Rigensis, Curoniensis, Sambiensis et Pomezaniensis super eodem

[k. 4]

K

Littere regis Polonie testimoniales pro episcopo

Littere testimoniales magni ducis Lituanie

Littere d[omini] regis Polonie quibus suscepit ecclesiam Varmiensem in suam protectionem

Copia de pace inter Vladislaum regem Polonie et + [Cruciferos]

Copia concordie inter magistrum generalem + [Cruciferorum] et N[icolaum] episcopum Var[miensem]

Littere acceptationis perpetue pacis per Capitulum Varmiensem

Fasciculus litterarum Mathie regis Vngarie et N[icolai] episcopi Varmiensis

Copia litterarum administrationis ecclesie Varmiensis pro Vincentio Kelbas

Scedula petitionis episcopi ad regem Pol[onie]

Copia mandati ad submittend[um] ecclesiam protectioni Cazimiri re[gis] Pol[onie]

[k. 4v]

L

Instrumentum super argento per quondam Hinricum episcopum relicto

Instrumentum de argento ecclesie ad usum episcopi per Capitulum marce CCCVI

Copia litterarum Elbing super mutuo per Capitulum facto

De argento in Liuonia impignoranto

Littere super mutuo per Paulum episcopum Curoniensem facto Rescriptum Sixti IIII contra detinentes iura et possessiones ecclesie 

Item rescriptum Inno[centii] VIII in simili causa

Rescriptum contra Sanderum de Vuszen 

Littere Benedicti commissarii Sigismundi imp[eratoris] contra + [Cruciferos] de restitutione ablatorum 

Instrumentum de bonis episcopi per + [Cruciferos] in Elbing confiscates 

Copia sententie arbitrarie per Sigismundum imp[eratorem] pro Hinrico episcopo Varmiensi 

Mandatum eiusdem episcopi repetitionis possessionis ecclesie sue et rerum ablatarum iuxta sententiam premissam

Ratio perceptorum per B [artholomeum] Libenwalt ab episcopo Curoniensi

[k. 5]

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Processus con[tra] Georgium de Schliuen et complices suos 

Concordia cum Gutcone et detentoribus castri Seeburg 

Littere regales ad Brau[n]sbergenses de villarum impignatione

Mandatum Pauli episcopi pro subsidio super redemptione castri Seeburg

Littere eiusdem ad quosdam plebanos de eodem

Copia litterarum ad commendatorem Brandeburgensem de relictis bonis curatorum

Littere prepositi Gutstatensis quietantie quorundam bonorum Capitulo Var[miensi] per ipsum relict[orum]

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Bulla Pii II absolut[ionis] a censuris lige 

De iudiciis lige obseruandis

Littere missiue in causa lige

Littere absolutionis quorundam canonicorum per Franciscum episcopum excomunicatorum 

Mandatum absolutionis pro Balt[hasaro] Scaibot 

Copia missiue Francisci episcopi ad magistrum generalem de contributo

Copia quedam Pauli Rosdorf + [Cruciferi] ad episcopum super contributo

Littere prouisionis ecclesie parroch[ialis] in Resil de Oporow 

Pronunciatio arbitr[orum] inter ecclesiam et + [Cruciferos] 

[k. 5v]

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Littere concordie inter Capitulum et scultetos 

Alie littere concordie in simili materia

Item alie littere in simili causa

Littere in causa Greussing 

Quietan[tie] de soluendis expensis pro Capitulo

Littere sententie arbitrorum inter Petrum Polen et Andream Melczer ciues in Allenstein 

Examinatio test[ium] domus C[hristophori] de Delen 

In causa Philippi Greussing 

In causa Michel Bogener 

In causa III fratrum de Plauten iudicatorum 

In causa Tynappel 

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Processus contra canonicos mediis preben[dis] prebendatos 

Martini pape V suppresio mediarum et minorum prebendarum ecclesie Var[miensis] 

Consensus episcopi et Capituli super vic[aria] q[ondam] Otonis de Russen 

Copia fundationis II vic[ariarum] in ecclesia Var[miensi] super Degeten  et Vangaiten 

Fundatio vic[arie] XI millium virginum 

Littere reuersales Antonit[arum] super donatione 

Littere fundationis III vacariarum in ecclesia Var[miensi] 

Inpignoratio mans[orum] IIII in Vusen pro vic[aria] q[uondam] Martini Achtesnicht 

Confirmatio test[amenti] Hinrici prepositi super vic(aria] prepositure ecclesie Var[miensis]

Instrumentum quietantie IX florenorum pro communitate vic[ariorum] in Alhuben et Hinrichsdorf 

[k. 6]

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Fundatio elemosine in ecclesia Var[miensi] 

Instrumentum donationis pauperibus

Super excrescentia mansorum I 1/2 in Rabusen 

Recognitio marce I an[nui] census pro vic[aria]

In causa aree pro vic[aria] s[ancti] Venceslai

Littere venditionis census marcarum XI in Elditen 

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Fundatio vic[arie] in Melsac 

Item alia fundatio vic[arie] ibidem 

Fundatio vic[arie] apud s[anctum] Georg[ium] ibidem 

Repertorium dotis Allenstein

Repertorium dotis Santoppen

Further reading:

• Mikołaj Kopernik, Pisma pomniejsze, Warszawa 2007.

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