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This collection of 686 letters of Gregory the Great, according to the manuscripts taken "ex registro beati Gregorii", is the largest collection of Gregory's letter and closest to what has reconstructed as the register version of his letters. The letters are divided into 15 indictiones, as the original register was; commonly, it is copied in two volumes with the forst containing 393 letters written during the first seven years of Gregory's pontificate (indictiones VII-XV) and 293 letters from the second half of his pontificate (indictiones I-VII), respectively. {{author|Ewald}} refers to complete copies of the Register tradition as '''R''', while his '''r''' and '''ρ''' refer to copies containing only the letters from the first or second half of Greogry's pontificate.
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According to {{author|Ewald}} p. 445, there are seven manuscripts that surely represent the pure (and complete) form of '''R''', plus 25 manuscripts which contain some version of R (including nine incomplete copies). In his count, there are five (or six) copies of '''r''' and ten of '''ρ'''.
As for mixed versions, {{author|Ewald}} lists seven manuscripts containing '''ρ''' and P ([[Collectio Pauli]]) (p. 488), one for C + P + '''ρ''' (p. 491), five for R + P + C (p. 496), some 20 for R + additions (pp. 499-502), two of a specific version of R + P + C he dubbed "Mailänder Codification" (p. 502), and 18 other manuscripts containing a substantial part of Gregory's epistolary (pp. 506-509)


{{Author|Ewald}}, Studien, https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN345858530_0003
This collection of 684 ({{author|Ewald}}: 686) letters of Gregory the Great, according to John the Deacon derived from the register itself, is the largest collection of Gregory's letters extant in any manuscripts. Like the lost original register, the letters are divided into 15 ''indictiones''. Commonly, it is copied in two volumes with the first containing 391 ({{author|Ewald}}: 393) letters written during the first seven years of Gregory's pontificate (''indictiones'' VII-XV) and the second containing 293 letters from the second half of his pontificate (''indictiones'' I-VII), respectively. A number of copies contain only letters of either half, and sometimes the two parts are copied in the wrong sequence (thus beginning with letters written in the first ''indictio'').
 
{{author|Ewald}} and {{author|Norberg}} refer to more or less complete copies of the Register tradition as '''R''', and use '''r''' for copies containing only the first part of '''R'''; copies of the second part only are '''ρ''' in {{author|Ewald}} but '''e''' in {{author|Norberg}}.
 
==Manuscripts==
According to {{author|Ewald}}, Studien p. [https://archive.org/details/neuesarchivderg05mittgoog/page/445/mode/1up 445], there are seven manuscripts that surely represent the pure (and complete) form of '''R''':
 
#"Codex Casinensis 71" (saec. XI) = '''R1''' = [[Montecassino, Archivio dell’Abbazia, 71]].
#"Codex Parisiensis 2281" (saec. XI/XII) = [[Paris, BnF, lat. 2281]]
#"Codex Urbnias 99" (saec. XV) = [[Città del Vaticano, BAV, Urb. lat. 99]]
#"Codex Trevirensis 171" (saec. X) = '''R2''' = [[Trier, Stadtbibliothek, 171/1626]].
#"Codex Carpentoractensis 213" (saec. X/XII) = [[Carpentras, BM, 39]] (!)
#"Codex Laurentianus, Conventi soppressi 541" (saec. XI/XII) = [[Firenze, BML, Conv. soppr. 541]]
#"Codex Matritensis B 12" (saec. XII) = [[Madrid, BNE, MSS/215]]
 
In addition, he counted 25 manuscripts which contain some version of '''R''' (including nine incomplete copies like [[Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 670]] = '''R3'''). In his count, there are five (or six) copies of '''r''' and ten of '''ρ'''.
 
{{author|Norberg}} mainly used '''R1''' ("quasi fundamentum editionis", Praefatio p. X), and additionally drew on '''R2''' and (for the 36 letters found there) '''R3'''; he does not discuss any other copies of '''R'''. In the Praefatio, he only mentions six manuscripts containing either half of '''R''':
 
#[[Paris, BnF, lat. 2279]] = '''r1'''
#[[Paris, BnF, lat. 11674]] = '''r2'''
#[[Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, C. 238 inf.]] = '''e1'''
#[[Paris, BnF, nouv. acq. lat. 1452]] = '''e2'''
#[[Paris, BnF, lat. 2278]] = '''e3'''
#[[Trier, Stadtbibliothek, 170/36]] = '''e4'''
 
==Mixed versions and "other" manuscripts==
As for mixed versions which combine '''R''' or '''ρ''' with '''C''' (= [[Collectio CC epistolarum]]) and/or '''P''' (= [[Collectio Pauli]]), {{author|Ewald}} lists seven manuscripts containing '''ρ+P'''  (p. 488), one for '''C+P+ρ''' (p. 491), five for '''R+P+C''' (p. 496), some 20 for '''R + additions''' (pp. 499-502), and two of a specific version of '''R+P+C''' he dubbed "Mailänder Codification" (p. 502). Finally, in his count there are 18 other manuscripts containing a substantial part of Gregory's epistolary (pp. 506-509).
 
==Literature==
{{Author|Ewald}}, [https://archive.org/details/neuesarchivderg05mittgoog/page/433/mode/1up Studien]. – {{Author|Ewald/Hartmann}}, [https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_epp_1/index.htm#page/(II)/mode/1up MGH Epp. 1] (edition), [https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_epp_2/index.htm#page/(VII)/mode/1up MGH Epp. 2] (introduction and edition). –  {{Author|Hartmann}}, De codicibus pp. [https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_epp_2/index.htm#page/(VII)/mode/1up VII]-XXXVII. – Norberg, Praefatio. 
 
[[Category:Pre-Gratian Collection]]
[[Category:Pre-Gratian Collection containing papal letters]]
[[Category:Letter Collection]]
[[Category:Collection not in Clavis database]]
[[Category:Collection from Central Italy]]
[[Category:Collection saec VII]]

Latest revision as of 22:04, 21 December 2025

Title Registrum Gregorii
Alternative title Registrum epistolarum
Wikidata Item no. Q128501710
Size very large (more than 100 letters)
Century saec. VII
Place of origin Rome
European region of origin Central Italy
Author Christof Rolker
Structure chronological
No. of manuscripts very many (100+)


This collection of 684 (Ewald: 686) letters of Gregory the Great, according to John the Deacon derived from the register itself, is the largest collection of Gregory's letters extant in any manuscripts. Like the lost original register, the letters are divided into 15 indictiones. Commonly, it is copied in two volumes with the first containing 391 (Ewald: 393) letters written during the first seven years of Gregory's pontificate (indictiones VII-XV) and the second containing 293 letters from the second half of his pontificate (indictiones I-VII), respectively. A number of copies contain only letters of either half, and sometimes the two parts are copied in the wrong sequence (thus beginning with letters written in the first indictio).

Ewald and Norberg refer to more or less complete copies of the Register tradition as R, and use r for copies containing only the first part of R; copies of the second part only are ρ in Ewald but e in Norberg.

Manuscripts

According to Ewald, Studien p. 445, there are seven manuscripts that surely represent the pure (and complete) form of R:

  1. "Codex Casinensis 71" (saec. XI) = R1 = Montecassino, Archivio dell’Abbazia, 71.
  2. "Codex Parisiensis 2281" (saec. XI/XII) = Paris, BnF, lat. 2281
  3. "Codex Urbnias 99" (saec. XV) = Città del Vaticano, BAV, Urb. lat. 99
  4. "Codex Trevirensis 171" (saec. X) = R2 = Trier, Stadtbibliothek, 171/1626.
  5. "Codex Carpentoractensis 213" (saec. X/XII) = Carpentras, BM, 39 (!)
  6. "Codex Laurentianus, Conventi soppressi 541" (saec. XI/XII) = Firenze, BML, Conv. soppr. 541
  7. "Codex Matritensis B 12" (saec. XII) = Madrid, BNE, MSS/215

In addition, he counted 25 manuscripts which contain some version of R (including nine incomplete copies like Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 670 = R3). In his count, there are five (or six) copies of r and ten of ρ.

Norberg mainly used R1 ("quasi fundamentum editionis", Praefatio p. X), and additionally drew on R2 and (for the 36 letters found there) R3; he does not discuss any other copies of R. In the Praefatio, he only mentions six manuscripts containing either half of R:

  1. Paris, BnF, lat. 2279 = r1
  2. Paris, BnF, lat. 11674 = r2
  3. Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, C. 238 inf. = e1
  4. Paris, BnF, nouv. acq. lat. 1452 = e2
  5. Paris, BnF, lat. 2278 = e3
  6. Trier, Stadtbibliothek, 170/36 = e4

Mixed versions and "other" manuscripts

As for mixed versions which combine R or ρ with C (= Collectio CC epistolarum) and/or P (= Collectio Pauli), Ewald lists seven manuscripts containing ρ+P (p. 488), one for C+P+ρ (p. 491), five for R+P+C (p. 496), some 20 for R + additions (pp. 499-502), and two of a specific version of R+P+C he dubbed "Mailänder Codification" (p. 502). Finally, in his count there are 18 other manuscripts containing a substantial part of Gregory's epistolary (pp. 506-509).

Literature

Ewald, Studien. – Ewald/Hartmann, MGH Epp. 1 (edition), MGH Epp. 2 (introduction and edition). – Hartmann, De codicibus pp. VII-XXXVII. – Norberg, Praefatio.

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