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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53 Paolo Giovio1 to István Brodarics Rome, 10 January 1526 Manuscript used: [Original is lost] Published: Georgi LOGl Sillsii, Ad inclytum regem Ferdinandum hendecasyllabi, elegiae et epigrammata, Viennae, mense Maio 1529. Excudebat Hieronymus Vietor, Stephaniis Hucíldüs, Analecta recentiora..., Budapestini, 1906, 272. Giovio lets Brodarics know that Georgius Logus is going to return home soon hut hopefully only for a short time because he will long to be back in Rome among his friends and patrons. Paulus Iovius Stephano Broderico salutem plurimam dicit. Redit ad vos Logus1 2 non iam vester, sed i ure optimo noster. Quis enim eo doctior, suavior atque candidior, ut non altus in Herciniis saltibus, sed media in urbe videatur. Propterea redit igitur certa conditione, ut revertatur. Nam neque nos eius desiderium 5 diu feremus, nec ipse, nisi ferreus sit, diutius morabitur, quin revisat suos sodales, suos 1 Paolo Giovio (Paulus Iovius) (1483-1552): physician, historian. Bishop of Noééra. His most famous works are Historiarum sui temporis libri XLV which discusses the history of his own era, and Vitae virorum illustrium which includes biographies of notable historical figures. Letters from Giovio and Sauromannus are important proofs of how lively connections Brodarics had with leading Humanists of his time. Unfortunately, documents are scanty. 2 Georg von Logau (Georgius Logus Silesius) (around 1500-1553), poet and Humanist of Silesian origin, protégé of the Thurzó family. Student at the universities of Cracow from 1514 and Vienna from 1516. From 1519, he studied in Bologna for 3 years at the expense of Louis II. Entered the service of Ferdinand in 1527. First Canon, later Provost of Boroszló from 1530. As the above letter attests, he maintained excellent relationships with several Humanists in Central-Europe and Italy. Urged by Caspar Ursinus Velius, he published a collection of his epigrams in Vienna in 1529, and offered it to Ferdinand. No further details are known about his acquaintance with Brodarics. It may have started during Brodarics’ first legation in Rome (1522-1524). The fact that he held Brodarics in high esteem is clear from his poem about Brodarics. It can be read in the last pan of this volume. Logau had a pivotal role in the creation of the anthology Pannonniae luctus (1544), the result of a great international Humanistic endeavour. More on his life: Gustav Bauch, Der humanistisehe Dichter George [!] von Logau, Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft fur Vaterlandische Cultur (83), 1895, 5-33. On his role in Pannoniae luctus more recently: Lakatos Bálint, Pannoniae luctus — egv humanista antológia és a törökellenes Habsburg—lengyel összefogás kísérlete 1544, Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények, 2008, 259-286. 128
