[492] Cf. supra, pp. [91], [109].
[494] King [rex] was a forbidden title at Rome after the time of the Tarquins.
[495] A parody on Matt. v, 18.
[496] Rev. xxii, 18-19.
[497] “Pagina” in medieval Latin often meant “document.”
[498] In the Liber Pontificalis (ed. Duchesne, i, 454) the keys of Ravenna and other cities included in the so-called Donation of Pippin are said to have been placed in “the confession of St. Peter” (i.e., before his tomb). This association seems to have been common in the eighth century.
[500] In the best text of the Donation this is not called the fourth consulship of Gallicanus. In any case, however, the date is impossible; no such consulship as this is known.
[501] II Kings xv, 5.