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{{Infobox letter collection|title=Collectio CC epistolarum|sender=Gregory the Great|author1=[[User:Christof Rolker|Christof Rolker]]|size=very large (more than 100 letters)|structure=chronological|mss=many (10 to 99)}}
This collection of 200 letters of Gregory the Great, known as "''Collectio CC epistolarum''", "Sammlung der 200 Briefe" or simply '''C''' is almost always transmitted together with the ''[[Collectio Pauli]]'' but, as {{Author|Ewald}} demonstrated long ago, had a separate existence and is in fact very ancient. {{Author|Ewald}} knew nine copies of '''C'''. He highlighted [[Köln, Combibliothek, Cod. 92]] as especially valuable, calling it "die vorzüglichste aller handschriften der Gregorbriefe" (p. 466). In 1986, an early ninth-century copy of '''C''' was identified in [[Köln, Historisches Archiv, W 29]].
This collection of 200 letters of Gregory the Great, known as "''Collectio CC epistolarum''", "Sammlung der 200 Briefe" or simply '''C''' is almost always transmitted together with the ''[[Collectio Pauli]]'' but, as {{Author|Ewald}} demonstrated long ago, had a separate existence and is in fact very ancient. {{Author|Ewald}} knew nine copies of '''C'''. He highlighted [[Köln, Combibliothek, Cod. 92]] as especially valuable, calling it "die vorzüglichste aller handschriften der Gregorbriefe" (p. 466). In 1986, an early ninth-century copy of '''C''' was identified in [[Köln, Historisches Archiv, W 29]].


== Literature ==
==Literature==
{{Author|Ewald}}, Studien esp. [https://archive.org/details/neuesarchivderg05mittgoog/page/464/mode/1up 464]-472. – {{Author|Hartmann}}, De codicibus pp. [https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_epp_2/index.htm#page/XIV/mode/1up XIV]-XVI.  
{{Author|Ewald}}, Studien esp. [https://archive.org/details/neuesarchivderg05mittgoog/page/464/mode/1up 464]-472. – {{Author|Hartmann}}, De codicibus pp. [https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_epp_2/index.htm#page/XIV/mode/1up XIV]-XVI.  


[[Category:Pre-Gratian Collection containing papal letters]]  
[[Category:Pre-Gratian Collection containing papal letters]]  

Latest revision as of 23:40, 21 December 2025

Title Collectio CC epistolarum
Sender Gregory the Great
Size very large (more than 100 letters)
Century ?
Author Christof Rolker
Structure chronological
No. of manuscripts many (10 to 99)


This collection of 200 letters of Gregory the Great, known as "Collectio CC epistolarum", "Sammlung der 200 Briefe" or simply C is almost always transmitted together with the Collectio Pauli but, as Ewald demonstrated long ago, had a separate existence and is in fact very ancient. Ewald knew nine copies of C. He highlighted Köln, Combibliothek, Cod. 92 as especially valuable, calling it "die vorzüglichste aller handschriften der Gregorbriefe" (p. 466). In 1986, an early ninth-century copy of C was identified in Köln, Historisches Archiv, W 29.

Literature

Ewald, Studien esp. 464-472. – Hartmann, De codicibus pp. XIV-XVI.