epistolarius

epistolārius, a, um (epistola), brieflich, scriptio, Ennod. epist. 1, 22. – subst., epistolāriī, ōrum, m., Briefboten, -träger, Salv. de gub. dei 5, 7. § 30 H.

epistolarius [LL] 1 epistolary, (book) of letters; v. et. epistolaris 2b. b (as sb. n.) letter-book. ‘confidas dictis fictis’, i‥. dictis poeticis auctoris, sc. Horatii carmine, i. primo libro ~io ubi versus sequens ponitur: ‘quicquid delirant reges’ [etc., Hor. Epist. I 2. 14] (J. Bridl.) Pol. Poems I 181.  b constat nempe legentibus ‥ ~ium beati Jeronymi duas esse epistolas intitulatas Jeronymo ad Demetriadem Bradw. CD 312C. 2 a (as sb. m.) epistler, letter-writer (mon.). b (as sb. ? f.) office of letter-writer. a Wilton epistolar’. Cristoferus Dyson, ~ius in monasterio predicto, affirmat super sacramentum suum epistol[ariam] predict[am] esse annui valoris in denariis receptis de abbatissa, in precio j robe, in pensione communibus annis ‥ xlix s. iiij d. Val. Eccl. II 99a.  b Val. Eccl. II 99a (v. 2a supra). 3 (liturg.) for (reading of) the Epistle. b (as sb. m. or n.) service-book containing Epistles. Ernulfus [episc. Roff., ob. 1124] ‥ fecit fieri ‥ tunicam ~iam violaciam similem casule principali Flor. Hist. II 45.  b presbyter debet habere ‥ lectionarium, quod quidam vocant ~ium Ælf. Ep. 2. 137; 1222 item missale unum et gradale unum [et] ~ium unum Reg. S. Osm. II 141; 1245 (v. evangelarium); 1368 ij tapeta ‥ j pistelar’, velum quadragesimale Invent. Norw. 27; 1432 item ~ium cum evangeliis pro magno altari coopertum coreo albo in volumine magno (Invent.) Reg. Glasg. II 334; 14‥ ~ii duo Cart. Reading F 122 (cf. ib. 123: ~ius cum libro capituli).

ĕpistŏlārĭus, a, um (epistola), de lettre, épistolaire : Ennod. Ep. 1, 22 || subst. m. , porteur de lettres : Salv. Gub. 5, 7.