ACTA BESSARIONEA <42>
Place, Date
Venice, 18 August 1463
Place and storage medium
Venice, Archivio di Stato, Senato Secreta, reg. 21, fol. 177r-178r
Typology of the document
Protocol
Function of the document
Decision of the Senate; diplomatic communication
Language
Latin
Topics
Venetian Legation ; Venetian-Triestine War (1463); Conflict of Brixen;
Places
Venice; Austria; Trieste
Persons
Johannes Hinderbach; Nicholas of Cusa; Sigmund of Austria
Summary
Hinderbach introduced himself to the senate. He outlined Emperor Frederick III's concerns about the conflict between Trieste and Venice as well as that between Cardinal Cusano and Duke Sigismund of Austria. The Senate assured him that they would resolve the conflicts and stressed their commitment in both directions. Finally, they asked Hinderbach to contribute in the name of the emperor to the resolution of the conflicts. In this he will have the support of Legate Bessarion in Venice.
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Sapientes Consilii
Sapientes terre et
Sapientes Ordinum
Quod domino Ioanni Henderbach [Johannes Hinderbach] oratori serenissimi romanorum imperatoris [Frederic III], qui ad presentiam nostram venit [….] quesuitque multis verbis et rationibus, quod desisteremus a novitatibus istis || que processerant occasione illius maledicte strate, pro conservatione amoris et benivolentie imperatorie maiestatis erga nos ad quam principaliter et non ad Tergestinos respicerit debebamus et cetera. Tetigit quoque negotium differentie dudum verse inter reverendissimum cardinalem brixiensem [Nicholas of Cusa] et illustrissimum dominum Sigismundum ducem Austrie [Sigmund of Austria], quam libenter componi desiderat, maxime per operam reverendissimi cardinalis legati hic existentis. [….]. Respondeatur: […]. Ad partem differentie vigentis inter illustrissimum dominum ducem Sigismundum Austrie et reverendissimum cardinalem Brixiensem profecto dicere non possemus, quantum semper scandalum istud moleste tulerimus, pro quo || sedando et componendo, ut orator ipse potuit intelligere nec laboribus ullis nec expensis pepercimus mittentes legatos et litteras et nihil demum pretermittentes tam cum romano pontifice quam aliter quod a nobis fieri potuerit, cumque pro nostra affectione in ambos dominos istos magnopere cupiamus videre concordiam istam placet nobis ad modum quod ipse orator huc se contulerit ut interveniente auctoritate imperatoria et sapientia sua tam cum reverendissimo cardinale legato apostolico [Bessarion] qui est hic quam aliter possit operari quicquid boni poterit pro isto concordio. [….] (149, 2, 2)
Commentary
Hinderbach was a recent acquaintance of Bessarion from the days of the Mantua Diet (1459) and his German legation (1460 - 1461), where Hinderbach was a translator for the legate to the Imperial Diet in Vienna.
Rando, Antitürkendiskurs und antijüdische Stereotypen, p. 33
Edition
Cesca, L'assedio, pp. 28-32 (nr. VI); (partim) Valentini, AAV 25 (7446), p. 184 (the entire part of the decision with the reference to the Cusano issue is missing).
Bibliography
See chapters Bessarione e la guerra tra Venezia e Trieste (1463) and Bessarione e il conflitto tra il Cusano e Sigismondo di Austria in Panagiotis Kourniakos, La legazione crociata del cardinale Bessarione a Venezia (1463-1464) (upcoming)
Hypertexts
KHB Cod. Cus. 221 p. 73 (21 August 1463) (s. ACTA BESSARIONEA <45>)
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