Johannes Sturm - Roger Ascham - 1550-09-05

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Johannes Sturm, Strasbourg

Johannes Sturm - Roger Ascham - 1550-09-05
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14332
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Johannes Sturm
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Roger Ascham
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . September 5, 1550 JL
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Strasbourg 48° 35' 4.61" N, 7° 45' 2.57" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Giles 1865-1866, vol. I.1, pp. 195-207, letter 1021, Burnett 2020b, p. 13562
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Coin Gift , Julius Caesar
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence Latin
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Longius evectus, ASCHAME, sum quam volebam; excitatus epistola tua. In qua jucundius mihi fuit regis atque sororis laudes cognoscere, tametsi, eas ante a multis audiveram: quam accipere CAIUM CAESAREM quem antehac non ita in nummis videram. Sed tamen gratum munus, et quia a te missum est; et quia vetustum, et quia ejus imago, qui cum fortissimis et peritissimis et fortunatissimis imperatoribus belli gloria potest comparari.'

[Excited by your letter, my Ascham, I have been carried away more than I intended. Although I had heard before from many people about your King and his sister, I took more pleasure in learning their glories than in receiving Caius Caesar, whom I had not previously seen in this way upon coins. Still, I’m grateful for the gift because it came from you and because of its age and because it bears the image of one who with respect to glory in war can be compared with the most courageous, the most skillful, and the most fortunate of generals.]

(Giles 1865-1866, vol. I.1, p. 207; Burnett 2020b, p. 1356)

References

  1. ^  Giles, J.A. (ed.)(1865-6) The whole works of Roger Ascham, now first collected and revised, with a life of the author, London.
  2. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.