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tabule salutationum Boncompagni
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1 Salutations sent by the
pope
1.1 Papal title for Celestine III
1.2 .P., emperor
(with
a note on titles of empresses)
1.3 Philipp
Augustus, king of France
(with
a note on the title of the king of Jerusalem)
1.4 Isaac II Angelos
Romeon, Byzantine emperor
1.5 Richard I, king
of England
1.6 the king of
Sicily
(with
a note on titles of other kings)
1.7 patriarchs
(Grado) and archbishops (Milan)
(with
a note on titles of legates and primates)
1.8 (note on the appellations "venerable
frater" and "dilectus filius" in papal salutations)
1.9 .A., archbishop
of Mainz and cardinal bishop of S. Sabina
1.10 .A.,
cardinal-bishop of Verona
1.11 Johannes
Lombardus, bishop of Viterbo and cardinal priest of S. Clemente
1.12 Melior,
cardinal priest of SS Giovanni e Paolo (1185-1197)
(with
a note on titles of cardinal legates)
1.13 Gerardus
Scambecchi, bishop of Bologna and Ardizius, bishop of Modena
1.14 Rodolphus,
prior of S. Victor's of Bologna and .?. prior of S. Maria de Reno (Bologna)
1.15 .M., abbot of
S. Proculi (Bologna) and Rodolphus, prior of S. Victor's of Bologna
(note
on the term "titulus")
1.16 [Pandulfus],
cardinal priest of SS. XII Apostoli
1.17 Petrus
Capuanus, cardinal deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata
1.18 .P., abbot of
Nonantula
1.19 .G.,
master
1.20 .M., abbess of
S. Barbatiani
1.21 .M., duke of
Saxony
1.22 .A., nobleman
from Mugello
1.23 Matilda,
countess of Tuscany
1.24 the consuls of
Florence
1.25 the
(excommunicated) consuls of Trani
(with
an exordium explaining the denial of a salutation)
1.26 .A. and .B.,
sons of Saladin, king of the Saracens or to Massamuto
(with
an exordium explaining the omisssion of a salutation)
1.27 Pope always placed first in salutations
(with
a note on contrary usage found in the Decretum)
1.28 Avoiding
prolixity in salutations
1.29 Two
definitions of the salutation
1.30 Oral and
written salutations
1.31 Verbs to avoid
in salutations; denial or omission of salutations
1.32 Avoidance of
factual narration in salutations, contrary to example of Pauline epistles
1.33 Functional-organologic
metaphor of the parts of a letter
2 Salutations sent to the pope
2.1 Prologue
2.2 Henry VI, emperor
(imperial
salutation as exemplary for all lower persons)
2.3 an indignant
Henry VI, emperor
(with
a note on titles of empresses)
2.4 Ysaac Angelus
Romeon, Byzantine emperor
(with
a note on salutations of queens)
2.5 .I., patriarch
of Antioch
(patriarchal
salutations as exemplary for lower clerics, and on humility appellations)
2.6 Henry de Marcy,
abbot of Clairvaux [and cardinal bishop of Albano]
(more
on humility appellations, and the title "archimandritas" used for Greek
abbots)
2.7 Peter, bishop of
Florence
2.8 (a note on the need for notaries to know the local customs)
2.9 Henry, duke of
Saxony
2.10 the consuls of
Verona
2.11 .A., nobleman
of Mugello
(with
a note on vassals of the lands of St. Peter)
2.12 Matilda,
countess of Tuscany
2.13 countess
Gualdrada, the wife of count Guido Guerra and M., daughter of B. of Corzano
2.14 common folk
and serfs
2.15 Varieties of modes of salutation to be found in
this table, applicable for those writing to greater persons, and especially for
ecclesiastics
2.16 The
(frivolous) opinion of some, that a salutation must contain the word "salus".
2.17 Another silly
opinion held by some, that when the recipients name is written in the accusative, a verb
"the pope desires" or "wishes salvation and apostolic blessing" should
be understood. Boncompagno says that recipients should not be put in the accusative,
and that the verb should be understood to be "the pope orders" or "sends
salvation and apostolic blessing".
2.18 Restrictions
and refinements about the verbs to be understood in imperial salutations, and about the
salutation itself.
2.19 Distinction
between verba missiva and desiderativa.
3 Salutations of imperors and kings
3.1 Prologue
3.2 Henry VI, emperor, to Philipp Augustus, king of
France; Henry VI, emperor, to Cnut, king of Denmark. (with
note on titles used in imperial letters to the Byzantine emperor and to imperial vassals)
3.3 Philipp
Augustus, king of France, to Henry VI, emperor.
3.4 Isaac Romeon,
Byzantine emperor, to Henry VI, emperor. (denigrating
salutation)
3.5 Henry VI,
emperor to Constance, empress (and vice versa)
3.6 (wives should honor their husbands)
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12
3.13
3.14
3.15
3.16
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11
4.12
4.13
4.14
4.15
4.16
4.17
4.18
4.19
4.20
4.21
4.22
4.23
4.24
4.25
4.26
4.27
4.28
4.29
4.30
4.31
4.32
4.33
4.34
4.35
4.36
4.37
4.38
4.39
4.40
4.41
4.42
4.43
4.44
5 Salutations for secular men and women
5.1 Prologue
5.2 Henry, duke of Saxony to R., duke of Austria
5.3 Petrus Ziani,
duke of Venice, Dalmatia and Croatia and lord of three quarters of the the whole Byzantine
empire (no recipient); Raimond, duke of Narbonne, count of Toulouse and marquise of
Provence.
5.4 Henry, duke of
Saxony to the consuls and people of Verona
5.5 (a note on the titles of imperial legates, and on the distinction between legatus
and preses)
5.6 (more on the distinction between legatus and preses)
5.7 A. and B.
senators of Rome to the consuls and people of Viterbo
5.8 Roman senators
and prefects should place their names before all other recipients, except for the pope,
emperor and empress, and kings and queens. Urbs refers to Rome alone as
a proper noun.
5.9 These honors of
precedence accorded to Rome despite its fall.
5.10 Henry, duke of
Saxony to the nobleman .A. of Mugello; Henry duke of Saxony to his vassal .B. of
Corzano.
5.11 The consuls
and people of Bologna to Henry, duke of Saxony
5.12 (Salutations used by vassals)
5.13
5.14
5.15
5.16
5.17
5.18
5.19
5.20
5.21
5.22
5.23
5.24
5.25
5.26
5.27
5.28
5.29
5.30
5.31
5.32
5.33
5.34
5.35
5.36
5.37
5.38
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© Steven M. Wight, Los Angeles 1998
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