Epistolary Garden

Partes necessariæ Necessary parts:

Highly necessary parts, which are:

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Some Partes arbitrariæ Optional parts,

Arbitrary parts, such as:

Regarding the classification just broken down, the four Partes necessarias necessary parts occupying the top position are not inaccurately so named, in reasonable consideration that:

1. The Salutatio or greeting is a particularly necessary required part, to obtain the favor of the recipient.
2. The Narratio, however, is the unique piece containing why an epistle is composed, indeed the essence of it, the cause, and the things prompting us to write.
3. The Subscriptio or signature: Likewise a highly useful and necessary part, without which the letter cannot be recognized as to who it comes from.
4. The Superscriptio or address, is no less a nearly inseparable part