Letter 76: Portuense, which Epreiana voca<n>tur, primotica are, and if intra quinque or sex dies not coeperint incidi, now...
Pope Pelagius I to Gurdimerus, count.
The meadows along the Portus road, known as the Epreiana, are early-maturing, and if they are not begun to be cut within five or six days, the seed will be shed and only useless hay will thereafter be stored from them. We therefore instruct you to see to it without delay that these meadows are harvested at the proper time. The timely management of the Church's agricultural properties is not a trivial matter, as the revenues they generate support the poor and fund the Church's ministry. We rely on your attention to this detail of estate management.
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Latin / Greek Original
Portuense, quae Epreiana voca<n>tur, primotica sunt, et si intra
quinque aut sex dies non coeperint incidi, iam postea diniit<t>ent
semen ipsum et inutilia foena exinde reponuntur.
portuensi Kaltenbrunner epreiana] Kalten.: epiana B uocantur] Kalten.
Tit. Gurdimeri comiti: Una quae de eo nobis est servata notitia.
Quoad comitis titulum, cf. notulas ad ep. 63,1, p. 165. Probabile reor, eum
idem genus comitum fuisse atque Anilanem ep. 67, p. 175.
in uia Portuense. Cf. K. MmbER Itinera Romana, Stuttgart,
1916, p. 252; V. ChapoT, Via, in Daremherg-Saglio, t. V, p. 790; 796.
quae Epreiana uocantur: Ita legendum est, quamquam in cod.
uocatur legitur, perinde ac si Epreiana nuncuparetur via Portuensis. Haec
enim iam satis suo nomine definitur, sed prata omnino ambigua et inno¬
minata manerent, nisi aliquo eorum proprio nomine signarentur. Epreiana
veiro corrupta lectio pro euprepia (decora) estne forte autumanda? Euprepeia
enim graeca vox idem valet ac pulchritudo, decor. Cf. Du Gange, Glossa¬
rium ..., t. III, p. 334; Thesaurus ..., t. V, 2, p. 1076.
primotica sunt et si intra quinque...: Unde accuratius definiri
non valet litterarum aetas, nam temporibus aliis aliis in locis terrae vo¬
meri subigebantur. Generatim autem primum altera mensis aprilis parte
fiebat. Cf. OiXK, Ackerbau, in Pauly-Wissowa, t. I, c. 281.
dimittent semen: Cf. A. Sori<in-Dorigny, Rustica res, m Darem-
berg Saglio, t. IV, 2, p. 922.
PEI.AGII I PAPAE
Aprocrisiario Sarpato mandat ut Romam repetiat, cum annosus
iam sit imbecillitateque corporis ita affectus, ut nullo pacto munus tam
arduum exercere valeat.
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