This manuscript consists of Gregory the Great's Symbolum fidei
dictatum a beato Gregorio followed by Gregory the Great's Registrum
epistolarum. The Registrum epistolarum (Register of Letters) is a
collection of Gregory's letters in 14 books: one for each year of
his pontificate. It includes more than eight hundred epistles. Here
some epistles are missing and others have been copied in a
different book rather than in the one in which they belong. The
single scribe who copied this manuscript also wrote a part of Royal
MS 2 C III and Royal MS 5 D I. Contents: f. 2r: Gregory the Great,
Symbolum fidei dictatum a beato Gregorio, a work which often is
prefixed to Gregory's Registrum epistolarum, beginning: 'Credo in
Unum Deum omnipotenten, Patrem et Filium et Spiritum Sanctum, tres
personas'. ff. 2r-198v: Gregory the Great, Registrum epistolarum in
14 books, imperfect, beginning: 'Registri Beato Gregorii Papae
Urbis Romae. Liber primus. Incipit mense septembri, indictione
VIIII, Gregorius servus servorum Dei universis episcopis per
siciliani constitutis. Valde necessarium esse perspeximus'. Book 1
(ff. 2-22v); Book 2 (ff. 23r-32v), beginning: 'Incipit secundus.
Indictione X, mense septembri, Gregorius Petro Notario, monasterium
Sancti Archangeli, quod Tropeis est constitutum'; Book 3 (ff.
32v-47v), beginning: 'Incipit III. Mense Septembri, indictione
undecima, Gregorius Petro subdiacono Campaniae. Vale in castello
Luculano sit scelus in Paulum fratrem'; Book 4 (ff. 47v-58v),
beginning: 'Incipit IIII. Mense Septembri, per indictionem XII,
Gregorius Constantio episcopo Mediolanensi. S[cripta] fraternitatis
vestre suscipiens magnas'; Book 5 (ff. 58v-78r), beginning:
'Incipit V. Mense Septembri per indictionem XIII, Gregorius
Iohanni, episcopo Ravennati. Pervenit ad me'; Book 6 (ff. 78r-93r),
beginning: 'Incipit VI. Mense Septembri, indictione XIII, Gregorius
Mariniano, episcopo Ravennae. Sicut iniusta poscentibus nullus
tribuendus effectus est'; Book 7 (ff. 93r-107v), beginning:
'Incipit VII. Mense Septembri indictione XV, Gregorius Fortunato,
episcopo Neapolis. Cuius rei causa cum matre sua huc compulsa anno
preterito presentium latrix venerit'; Book 8 (ff. 107v-118v),
beginning: 'Incipit VIII. Mense Septembri indictione, Gregorius
Petro, episcopo Corsicae. Susceptis omnipotenti Deo gratias
retulimus'; Book 9 (ff. 118v-145r), beginning: 'Incipit nonus.
Mense Septembri per indictionem II. Gregorius Ianuario, episcopo
Caralis. Predicator omnipotentis Dei'; Book 10 (ff. 145r-156r),
beginning: 'Incipit X. Mense Septembri indictione III. Gregorius
Romano defensori Siciliae. Nihil proficit sacerdotum culpas
ulcisci'; Book 11 [several epistles are lacking at the beginning]
(ff. 156r-171r), beginning: ''Incipit XI. Mense Septembri per
indictionem IIII. Gregorius subdiacono Iohanni Ravenne. Qualiter
Iohannes argentarius indigentibus fideiussiore (sic) fuit'; Book 12
(ff. 171r-175r), beginning: ''Incipit XII. Mense Septembri
indictione V. Gregorius Dominico, episcopo Cartaginiensi. Quam
copiosa cordis vestry sit caritas'; Book 13 (ff. 175r-185v),
beginning: 'Incipit XIII. Mense Septembri indictione sexta.
Gregorius servus servorum Dei dilectissimis filiis suis civibus
Romae. Pervenit ad me quosdam perversi spiritus homines'; Book 14
(ff. 185v-198v) includes letters lacking from Books 1, 3, 8, 10 and
11 but several epistles from Book 14 are lacking, beginning:
''Incipit XIIII. Mense Septembri per indictionem septimam.
Gregorius Paulo scholastico Siciliae. Quanto nos gloria vestra
dudum tristes effecerat', and ending: 'honorem quod perceptum vobis
moribus servare concedat. Amen. Data Kalendis novembris indictione
duodecima'. Decoration:Large initials in colours with foliate
motifs at the beginning of most books (ff. 2r (x 2), 32v, 48r, 58v,
93r, and others).Large initial with zoomorphic motifs and birds (f.
189v). Large plain initials in colours at the beginning of the
other books (ff. 23r, 78v, 108r, 145r). Smaller plain initials in
red, blue, or green at the beginning of each epistle. Rubrics in
red. Quire signatures.
