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Chap. X.
THE UNIVERSITY.
153
his return from a visit to Rome in 1474. The Pope
then reigning at the Vatican, Sixtus, fourth of that
name, renewed the permission. The papal city appears
to have been much edified by the humility of the
Danish monarch, as well as delighted by the rarity of his
gifts, which consisted of dried herrings and codfish, both
most valuable for Fridays’ consumption and the season of
Lent, and of a quanti ty of ermine-skins, at that time most
rare productions; indeed, two-thirds of the Holy
Conclave were obliged to content themselves "with “ peau de
chat.” The gifts were considered well chosen and
acceptable, and Christian returned not only provided
with leave to establish a University, but endowed with a
“golden rose,” a present from the Pontiff himself, to say
nothing of numberless relics of inestimable value.*
The inauguration of the University took place, with
great pomp, in the Frue Kirke; the statutes were
framed by the Archbishop of Lund; and crowds from
Iceland, Norway, and North Germany, as well as Danes
without number—bishops, professors, gentlemen, and
even ladies, together with the king and queen—in the
enthusiasm of the moment inscribed their names as
students on the books of the new foundation. The
University received protection from King John, as well
as from King Christian II., who issued ordinances
forbidding the nobles to educate their sons in foreign parts.f
* The ivory altarpiece presented by the Pope to Christian I., when
in Rome, was in the possession of Anne Krabbe, the celebrated
bas-bleu of her day, by whose care many of the ancient ballads of the
country were preserved. It is now in the Museum of Northern
Antiquities.
f No one appears to have paid attention to these decrees, for from
1546 to 1746 many of the Danes frequented the University of Padua.
I find a long list of names, among which is that of Erik Rosenkrantz.
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