Letter 11019: Formula: Concerning the Cornicularius [Chief Clerk] Who Is Advanced.

CassiodorusUnknown|c. 522 AD|Cassiodorus
illnessimperial politics

Formula: Concerning the Cornicularius [Chief Clerk] Who Is Advanced.

Let Optatus, arriving at what he has longed for, obtain the fulfillment that his very name [meaning "desired"] promises. We therefore decree that this man, proven by his constant labors, shall assume the office of cornicularius, so that he may rightly stand among the senior staff — a man who served his time on watch duty among the recruits without reproach.

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Latin / Greek Original

XVIIII.
DE CORNICULARIO QUI ACCEDIT.

[1] Optatus ad optata perveniens sui nominis sortiatur effectum. et ideo supradictum assiduis laboribus comprobatum corniculariorum sumere censemus officium, ut iure inter primates assistat, qui tironum inculpabiliter egit excubias.

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