Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XIII/Gregory the Great/Registrum Epistolarum (Notes)

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Important MSS.

1.&#160; Cologne 92. of the 8th cent.&#160; Held by Ewald to be the best of all the MSS.

2.&#160; St. Petersburg 6 F. 1. 7.&#160; (Formerly at Corvey; then at St. Germain-des-Pr&#233;s.) 8th cent.&#160; The first in the list of MSS. given by Migne.

3.&#160; Berlin theol. 322. of the 9th cent.

4.&#160; Dusseldorf B. 79. of the 9th cent.

5.&#160; Munich 14641. of the 9th cent.

6.&#160; Paris 11674. (St. Germain 282.) of the 9th cent.

7.&#160; Vienna 934. of the 9th cent.

8.&#160; The Escurial d. I. 1. (the Codex Emilianus).&#160; Written in West-Gothic minuscule, and finished in 992.

9.&#160; Bamberg 601. of the 10th cent.

10.&#160; Cologne 94. of the 10th cent.

11.&#160; Paris 2279.&#160; (Formerly in the library of St. Martial de Limoges;) of the 10th cent.

12.&#160; St. Gallen 670. of the 10th cent.

13.&#160; Trier 171. of the 10th cent.

14.&#160; Monte Cassino 71.&#160; Written in a Lombardic hand of the end of the 11th cent.

15.&#160; Wolfenb&#252;ttel 155. (75.) of the 11th cent.

16.&#160; Cologne 95. of the 12th cent.

17.&#160; Vatican 619. of the 12th cent.

Editions.

1.&#160; Liber Ep&#8217;larum beati Gregorii Pape&#8230;&#160; (August&#230; Vindel., G. Zainer, c. 1472) fol.

2.&#160; Epiftole ex Regiftro:&#160; (cum vita Gregorii pr&#230;fixa).&#160; Venetiis per Laz. Soardum, 1505, fol.

3.&#160; Do.&#160; Parisiis, 1508, 4&#176;.

4.&#160; in Gregorii Magni opera, beneficio Bertholdi Renbolt.&#160; In edibus J. Parvi:&#160; Parrhisiis, 1518, fol.

5.&#160; Do.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; ed. Franc. Regnault.&#160; Rothomagi (Paris), 1521, fol.

6.&#160; &#8230;epiftole ex Regiftro fa&#8217;cti Gregorii pape; At fol. ccclvi. of Opera&#8230;&#160; Paris., ex officina Claudii Chevalon, 1523, fol.

7.&#160; Do.&#160; 1533, fol.

8.&#160; Registrum Epistolarum.&#160; Lugduni, 1539, 4&#176;.

9.&#160; Do.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; ed. Guillart.&#160; Paris., 1542, fol.

10.&#160; in Opera&#8230;tom. II.&#160; Basil, 1550.

11.&#160; in Opera&#8230;cura Huldrici Coccii.&#160; Basil., ap. Froben., 1564, fol.

12.&#160; Epiftol&#230; ex Regiftro; col. 433&#8211;825 of Vol. II. of Opera&#8230;ed. Ioannes Gillotius Campanus.&#160; Paris, 1571, fol.

13.&#160; Registrum Epistolarum.&#160; Venetiis, 1571.

14.&#160; Epistol&#230; ex Registro; fol. 168$v$ of Vol. II. of Opera, Antverpi&#230;, 1572, fol.

15.&#160; Do.&#160; Venetiis, 1583.

16.&#160; [another ed. of No. 12].&#160; Paris., 1586.

17.&#160; Registrum Epistolarum; Vol. IV. of Opera&#8230;ed. Petrus Tossinianensis episc. Vennsinus.&#160; Rom&#230;, ex typis Vaticanis, 1588&#8211;93.

18.&#160; in Opera, Sixti V.&#8230;jussu emendata&#8230;[by R. Rodulphus, bp. of Venosa].&#160; Paris., 1605, fol.

19.&#160; in Opera&#8230;Rom&#230;, 1613, 8&#176;.

20.&#160; Do.&#160; Duaci, 1615.

21.&#160; Do. emendata&#8230;[by P. Rodulphus.]&#160; Antverpi&#230;, 1615, fol.

22.&#160; Do.&#160; Paris., 1619.

23.&#160; Do.&#160; Paris., 1640.

24.&#160; Epistol&#230;; col. 1027, Vol. V. Conciliorum, studio Ph. Labbei et G. Cossartii.&#160; Paris., 1671, fol.

25.&#160; in Opera&#8230;ed. Petr. Gussanvill&#230;us, tom. II. pp. 359&#8211;1150.&#160; Paris., 1675. fol.

26.&#160; Do.&#8230;studio &amp;. labore monachorum ord. Sancti Benedicti &#232; congregatione Sancti Mauri&#8230;tom. II., col. 477&#8211;1317.&#160; Par., 1705, fol.

27.&#160; in Opera&#8230;ed. Gallicciolli, tom. 7&#8211;9.&#160; Venetiis, 1768&#8211;76, 4&#176;.

28.&#160; in Opera&#8230;tom. 75&#8211;79 of Migne&#8217;s Patrologia, tom. III., col. 441.&#160; Parisiis, 1849, la. 8&#176;.

29.&#160; Gregorii I. pap&#8212;Registrvm epistolarvm.&#160; Tomi I. pars I. Liber i.&#8211;iv.&#160; Edidit Pavlvs Ewald.&#160; Tomi I. pars II. Libri v.&#8211;vii. Tomi II. partes I., II. Libri viii.&#8211;xiv.&#160; Post Pavli Ewaldi obitvm edidit Lvdovicvs M. Hartmann.&#160; (Mon. Germ. Hist.&#8212;Epistolarum tomi I., II.)&#160; Berl., 1887&#8211;95, 4&#176;.

30.&#160; &#8212;; Uebersetzt&#8230;von M. Feyerabend.&#160; 6 vols.&#160; Kempten, 1807&#8211;9.

[See also no. 38* in list of editions of &#8220;Cura Pastoralis.&#8221;]

The text in Migne&#8217;s ed. is a reprint of the edition by the monks of St. Maur, of 1705.

By far the best edition of the Epistol&#230; yet attempted is that begun by Ewald, who died after editing pt. I., bks. I.&#8211;IV.&#160; The work is being continued on the same scale by L. M. Hartmann.

Literature.

Alteserr&#230; Antecessoris Tolosani, Not&#230; et observationes in xii. libros epistolarum B. Gregorii pap&#230;&#8230;&#160; Tolos&#230;, 1669, 4&#176;.

(P. M.), Ueber eine Handschrift der Briefe Gregors I. [B. M., King&#8217;s libr. 6, C. x.]&#160; (Neues Archiv d. Gesselsch. f. a. deutsch. Gesch. xv., 1890, p. 60.)

(Matth&#230;us), Pastor vigilans:&#160; sive ars regendi animas ex epistolis D. Gregorii Magni excerpta&#8230;&#160; Colon. 1618, 8&#176;.

(P.), Studien zur Ausgabe des Registers Gregors I.&#160; (Neues Archiv, iii., 1878, pp. 433&#8211;625.)

(L. M.), Ueber zwei Gregorbriefe.&#160; (Neues Archiv, xvii., 1892, p. 193.)

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;Zur Chronologie der Briefe Gregors I.&#160; (&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;xv., 1890, p. 411.)

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;Zur Orthographie Papst Gregors I. (&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;xv., 1890, p. 529.)

(Ph.) [Editor].&#160; S. Gregorius I., ed. P. Ewald:&#160; pp. 143&#8211;219, of vol. I., and p. 738 of vol. II., of Regesta pontificum Romanorum, ed. P. Jaff&#233;.&#160; Lipsi&#230;, 1885, 6, 4&#176;.

(Thomas), Vindici&#230; Gregorian&#230;, seu restitutus innumeris p&#230;ne locis Gregorius ex variis MSS. vt magno labore, ita Singulari fide collatis.&#160; Genev&#230;, 1625, 4&#176;.

(F. W.), Pope Gregory the Great and his relations with Gaul.&#160; (Cambridge historical essays.) Lond. 1889, 8&#176;.

(Fel.), Qui fuerint Gregorii Magni pap&#230; temporibus in imperii Byzantini parte occidentali exarchi et qualia eorum iura atque officia.&#160; Diss.&#8230;Berlin.&#160; Berlin, 1892, la. 8&#176;.

(F.), Ueber eine Sammlung von Schreiben Gregors I.&#160; u. Verordnungen der Kaiser u. K&#246;nige.&#160; Wien, 1877, 8&#176;.

(Th.), Zu den Gregorienbriefen.&#160; (Neues Archiv, xvii., 1892, p. 189.)

(J. v.), Papst Gregor d. Gr.&#160; (M&#252;nchener allgem. Zeitung, 1888.&#160; Beilage no. 209&#8211;215.)

(F.), Se il Castrum Aprutiense delle lettere di s. Gregorio Magno fu l&#8217;odierna Teramo e se la voce Aprutium servi nel primitivo medio evo a denominare la citt&#224; di Teramo, ovvero solo il suo territorio.&#160; (Archivio storico Italiano Ser. v. tom. X. 1892, p. 3.)

(W.), Die wichtigsten Richtungen und Ziele der Th&#228;tigkeit des Papstes Gregors des Grossen.&#160; Inaug. Diss.&#8230;Bonn.&#160; Koln (1884), 8&#176;.

(C.), Die vorp&#228;pstliche Lebensperiode Gregors d. Gr. Nach seinen Briefen Dargestellt. Progr.&#8230;Schotten.&#160; Wien, 1886, 4&#176;.

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;Gregor der Grotze&#8230;&#160; Saulgau, 1890, 8&#176;.

(Th.), Die Verh&#228;ltnisse Italiens, insbesondere des Langobardenreichs, nach dem Briefwechseb Gregors I.&#160; Progr.&#8230;Horn.&#160; Horn, 1888, 4&#176;.