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medicis aiunt theologos facere te. fuit. 11. Stromer] He had married Anna Hummelhain at Leipzig in March; see Ep. 578 introd. 14. Coppum]of Calw, s. of Pforzheim. With Stromer he was physician to Albert of Brandenburg ; and thus was brought into contact with Hutten, whom he helped in the De Guaiaco, Mainz, J. Scheffer, April 1519 (HE. 98). His only published work is a letter to Stromer, discussing ‘statum reipublicae Christianae hoc seculo degenerantis ’, written 31 Aug. 1520 from Magdeburg, whither he had temporarily retired from his duties in order to study Hebrew, and printed with one of Stromer (7 Jan. 1520, Aldenburg) on the same theme, by M. Lotther, Leipzig, c. Sept. 1520 (HE. 195). See G. Wustmann’s life of Stromer, pp. 36-9. 18. Bartholo] See Ep. 134. 26n. 25. dialogum Latomi] Cf. Ep. 934. 3 nn. 29. Ferdinando] Cf. Ep. 917. 10 n. 35. Patera] In the inventory of Erasmus’ property made by Gilbert Cognatus, ro April 1534 (Basle MS. C. VIL. 19, p. 2), this is described as ‘Poculum duplex ingens argenteum inauratum, vtrinque habens insignia Alberti Cardinalis Moguntini, qui dono dedit’. In his will, dated 12 Feb.
