Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)
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1 István Brodarics to Albert Kasu1 Kristallóc,2 [summer of 1505?]3 Manuscript used: Georg Marcülovic, Regesta diplomatum aliorumque documentorum. 230. NAZ Published: Ivan TkalCic. Monumenta Historiae Zagrabiae, Zagrabiae, 1896, 48. István Brodarics appeals to Grand Provost Albert Kasu for help against Bishop Lukács who accuses him with embezzlement. In hoc meo acerbissimo negotio et causa, postquam nuper nil apud episcopum Zagrabiensem4 poteram obtinuisse, profectus fueram Zagrabiam, ibi sollicitavi omnes dominos meos de capitulo, ubi vidi rem desperatam, nemo erat, quem adirem, qui pro me domino supplicaret, praeter magnificum dominum Balthasarem de Batthyan;5 veni 5 igitur ad eum, et Vestram Dominationem etiam deprecor, patronus sit mihi apud epi1 Grand Provost Albert Kasu was one of the trusted people of Bishop Lukács; data on his functioning are from 1504-1511, compare: MOL DL 34573.: 101.424. His brief biography: Ljuedevit Ivancan, Podaci o zagrebackim kanonicima, 266, HAZU, sig. ll./d/243. 2 Today: Krestelovac, Croatia. The castle belongs to Boldizsár Batthyány in 1505. The letter shows that he backed the accused Brodarics. ' The original of the letter did not survive, only a transcript by Marcelovic. That has no date; year 1505 appears only on the margin. Since Brodarics. as Jean de Pin confirms, left Bologna before the death of Filippo Beroaldo (7 July 1505) (compare: Rt;vt:sz Mária, Néhány adat Philippus Beroaldus maior magyar összeköttetéseihez. Egyetemes Philológiai Közlöny, 1941, 164-166.), but data show that he is in Padua again in the end of December 1505 (compare: Padova. Archivio Notarile, 1811. fol. 253.; Varga Imre, Mag)’ar- országi tanúink a padosai egyetemen a XV-XVI. századfordulón. Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények. 1975, 218.; and Kasza Péter, Néhány kiegészítés Brodarics István tanulmányainak kérdésköréhez, Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények, 2011, 197-201.) the embarrassing affair in Zagreb probably happened in the summer. 4 Lukács Szegedi (Barátin Kothrár, Kothrosi) (Szeged, around 1470 - Csázma, 1510). Comes from a middle class family in Szeged. Conservator of the Royal Chancellery in 1480, from 1481 he works at the treasury. Treasurer between 1492-94, Bishop ofCsanád, then of Bosnia. Bishop of Zagreb from 1500 until his death. His activities as patron of arts are also significant. In Szeged, he gives money for building the “Gyümölcsoltó Boldogasszony” Chapel in the Demeter Church, in the Zagreb Cathedral he has an organ and stalls built and altarpieces painted. In 1509-1511 he prints the Zagreb missal in Venice. Compare: Balthasari Adami Kiírcsiíuch di: Corbavia, Historiarum Cathedral is Ecclesiae Zagrahiensis. Zagrabiae, [1770]; Magyar Katolikus Lexikon vol. I, and Kuhinyi András, A kincstári személyzet a XV század 2. felében. Tanulmányok Budapest Múltjából, 1957, 25-49.; Andrija Lukinovic, Biskup Luka Barátin = Zagrchacki biskupi i nadbiskupi, Zagreb, 1995, 223-227. 5 Boldizsár Batthyány (around 1452-1520), Slavonian Vice-Ban, Vice-Comes in Körös and Zagreb. He had significant estates in Körös, Varasd, and Verőce counties. Brodarics probably approached him for patronage, because Batthyány had a good relationship with Bishop Lukács: his son, also by the name of Boldizsár, married the Bishop's cousin Katalin Erhard in 1509. Boldizsár also appears among executors of the Bishop’s will (compare MOL DL 101 424). More on this: Varga Szabolcs. Szlavónia berendezkedése a késő középkor és kora újkor határán (14911-1540), Pécs, 2008, (PHD thesis). I am grateful to Szabolcs Varga for giving me access to his valuable manuscript. 43
