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Copies of the Compilation notitia dignitatum

The contents of the Cnd have been represented in several copies that were derived from it, either directly or indirectly, since 1426/7. Some copies that are known to have been made either no longer exist or cannot be identified among those that are available. The available copies of the Cnd are classified as either primary copies or secondary copies.

PRIMARY COPIES
A primary copy of the Cnd is any available copy whose representation of Cnd contents was not entirely derived from any other available copy or copies of the Cnd. These primary copies comprise the following:

Manuscript primary copies
C Cambridge, FitzWilliam Museum, ms. 86-1972 {previously Cheltenham, Phillipps 16397}
and facsimile copies of another six pages from the same manuscript book in
N Norwich,
Castle Museum of Art, Archaeology and Natural History, Bulwer Collection, drawings 1223.B.21; 1223.B.22; 1223.B.23 in the Colman Collection (accession no. 235 of 1951)
O Oxford, Bodleian library, western ms. 19854 - Canonici ms. misc. lat. 378, (fol.88v-170r) facsimile
P Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, latin ms. 9661, (fol.72r-146v) facsimile
F Frankfurt: fragments of a manuscript book dismembered in that town by one or more bookbinders, about 1630, including:
Ff Frankfurt am Main, Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, ms. lat. qu.76, (fol.1r-1v) facsimile
and
Fl Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, ms. BPL 2869, (fol.1r-v, 2r-v) facsimile

T Trento, Biblioteca comunale, ms. W 3103, (fol.70v-108v),

L London, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Art Library, MSL/1957/2668 (fol.15v-102r),

V Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, ms. Barberini lat. 157, (fol.91r-172v) facsimile
M
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W		 München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, ms. Clm. 10291: codex 1 = fol.1-170, (fol.88r-169v) facsimile
bound together with
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, ms. Clm. 10291: codex 2 = fol.171-222, (fol.178v-222v) facsimile
Printed & published primary copies
A

Alciatus, Andreas (Basel, 1546)
| D. ANDREAE ALCIATI | Mediolanensis, Iureconsulti clariss. | lucubrationum in Ius ciuile | Tomus secundus | HABET AVTEM | [...] | De magistratibus lib.I | Cui recens etiam accessit dignitatu(m) tam ciuilium quam militarium Imperij | Occidentalis Index, nunc primum per autorem Orientali adiectus.| [...] | BASILEAE, PER MICH. | ISINGRINIVM. | [...] the verso side of the page with cols. 534/535 has BASILEAE, APVD MICH. ISINGRINIVM, | ANNO A CHRISTO NATO, M.D. | XLVI. MENSE MARTIO. This is Volume 2 of his Omnia opera. (4 vols.) (Basel, M. Isingrinius, 1546-1549). In this Vol.2 the Occidentalis Index is on col.471-p.487
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
B

Froben, Hieronymus (Basel, 1552)
| NOTITIA VTRAQVE | CVM ORIENTIS TVM OCCIDENTIS | VLTRA ARCADII HONORIIQVE TEMPORA, | illustre uetustatis monumentum, imò thesaurus prorsum incomparabilis. | PRAEcedit aute(m) D. Andreae Alciati libellus, De magistratib. ciuilibusq(ue) ac | militaribus officijs, partim ex hac ipsa Notitia, partim aliunde desumptus.| CVI succedit descriptio urbis Romae, quae sub titulo Pub. Victoris circum|fertur: & altera urbis Constantinopolitanae incerto autore, nunqua(m) antehac | typis excusa, Imperialium uidelicet ac primariaru(m) sedium utriusq(ue) Reipub. | SVB iungitur Notitijs uetustus liber DE REBVS BELLICIS ad Theo|dosium Aug. & filios eius Arcadium atq(ue) Honorium, ut uidetur, scri|ptus, incerto autore. ITEM, ne quid de antiquo exemplari | omitteretur, Disputatio Adriani Aug. | & Epicteti philosophi. | FROBEN | BASILEAE, M D LII | Cum gratia & priuilegio Imp. Maiest. ad annos quinq(ue) | . The Notitia utraque is on fol.[14]v-[96]v).
Köln / Wien / München
(coloured pictures) Ghent / Wien / Schlatt
facsimile reprint by L. Borhy, 2003 (coloured pictures);
(ref) facsimile of the entire 1552 imprint, with parallel English translation.

(This imprint is generally, but incorrectly, referred to as "the edition of Gelenius" (Zikmund Hrubý z Jeleni), and, if this imprint is referred to at all as an "edition", it should be described as the edition of Beatus Rhenanus (Beat Bild)
Supplements to, and excerpts from, primary manuscript copies of the Cnd

Where these primary copies no longer have all of their initial contents, either because the codices in which they exist were subsequently damaged, or because the transcripts were changed, copies of those initial contents may be available in related secondary copies (listed below).
Additional evidence for the contents of the Cnd exists in the notes, correspondence and commentaries of 16thC writers and these documents also sometimes contain excerpts derived from other copies which either no longer exist or have not yet been identified.

SECONDARY COPIES

A secondary copy of the Cnd is any available copy whose representation of Cnd contents was entirely derived from any available copy or copies of the Cnd. These secondary copies comprise the following:

Manuscript secondary copies

The following copies were derived, either directly or indirectly, from the primary copies listed above and are, therefore, classified as secondary copies:
Bern, Bürgerbibliothek, Arch.I.216-Bong.Hist. (ms notes by Jacques Bongars in an imprint of B).
Genève, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 118 (fol.21v-96v) facsimile
Giessen, Universitätsbibliothek, ms. 946 (miscellany: excerpts fol.50r-53v and 56r-58v).
København, Det kongelige Bibliotek, ms. gl.kgl.sam. 498 (fol.3r-91r).
Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, ms. Vossianus Lat. F. 44 (fol.3r-24r, 25v=26v) facsimile
Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, ms. Vulcanianus 21 (fol.17r-21v).
Madrid, Biblioteca nacional, ms. Reservado 36 (fol.88v-165v) facsimile
Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, ms. R.88.sup. (fol.177r-186r).
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, ms. Clm 794 (pp. 176-339) facsimile
Napoli, Biblioteca nazionale, ms. IV.D.14 (fol.16v-92r#).
Paris, Bibliothèque national de France, ms.Latin 5825E (fol.1r-76r). facsimile
Paris, Bibliothèque national de France, ms. Latin nouv. acq.1424 (fol.91v-173r). facsimile
Paris, Bibliothèque national de France, ms. Latin nouv. acq.1688 (fol.1-10) - L-H.Labande. facsimile
Parma, Biblioteca palatina, ms. 1280 (HH.I.64) (fol.1r-105r).
Piacenza, Biblioteca comunale, ms.9 (fol.1r-103r).
St.Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, ms. 663 (pp.103-149 [n.a. pp.101-145,523]).
Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio, Monumenti e Collezioni provinciali, ms. 1360 (fol.70v-108v).
Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, ms. Vatic. Lat. 3715 (pp.5-47, 50-53) facsimile
Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, ms. Vatic. Lat. 3901 (fol. 122r-127r [n.a. 1-6]) facsimile
Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, ms. Chigi, Latin E.VII.235 (fol.72r-146r).
Venezia, Biblioteca Giustinian-Recanati Falck, ms. cl. VI cod. 12 (inv.865) (fol.1r-13r).

Printed & published secondary copies

Alciatus (Alciato, Alciati, Alzate), Andreas (Lyon, 1529-1530)
| ANDREAE | ALCIATI IVRIS-|CONSVLTI | De Quinque pedum praescriptione | Liber Vnus. | De Magistratibus, Ciuilibus'q(ue) & | Militaribus officijs Liber Vnus. | SEB. GRYPHIVS EXCVD. | LVGD. ANN. 1529. |On last page | SEBASTIANVS GRY|PHIVS GERMA|NVS EXCV|DEBAT | LV|GDVNI, | ANN. M.D.XXX. |
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek

Fabricius, Georgius (Basel, 1549-1550)
| Antiquitatis mo|NVMENTA INSIGNIA, EX | aere, marmoribus, membranis'ue uete|ribus collecta, per | GEORGIVM FABRICIVM | CHEMNICENSEM. | Nunc etiam multis accessionibus auctiora edi|ta, cum Tumulis uetustis, carmine in|scriptis. Haec omnia distributa | in Lib. II | BASILEAE, PER IOAN|nem Oporinum.| with no date, but beginning with a dedicatory letter ending, p.4: Ex Misena, in ludo illustri, Anno Christi, M.D.XLIX. This is the second volume of: | GEORGII | FABRICII CHEMNI|CENSIS | ROMA. | EIVSDEM ITINERVM | Liber unus. | ANTIQVITATIS MONV|menta insignia per eundem collecta, & | magna accessione iam auctiora, edita. | Accessere locupletes rerum & uerborum in | his omnibus memorabilium | Indices. | BASILEAE, PER IO|annem Oporinum. with no date, but beginning with a dedicatory letter ending, p.11: Ex ludo illustri Misenae, Calend.Iulij. Anno Christi M.D.L.
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Schonhovius, Antonius (Basel, 1551-1552)
| DIGNITATES OM|NES, ADMINISTRATIO|nes'q: tam ciuiles quàm milita|res, quas Romani in Prouin|cijs Orientis & Occidentis ha|buere, ex Antiquita|tis reliquijs. | Additus est & ipsarum Prouinciarum | Romanarum libellus, integrita|ti restitutus. | AVTORE ANTONIO | Schonhouio.| BASILEAE. | On the last page, which is un-numbered p.71: |BASILEAE, EX | officina Ioannis Oporini, Anno Sa|lutis humanae M.D.LII. | Mense Ianuario. |. The dedicatory letter on un-numbered p.2 ends: Brugis. 4. Nonas Iulij. 1551
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Panciroli Guido (Venezia, 1593)
| NOTITIA | VTRAQVE | DIGNITATVM | CVM ORIENTIS, | TVM OCCIDENTIS VLTRA | Arcadij, Honorijque Tempora. | Et in eam | GVIDI PANCIROLI I.V.C. Pr(a)estantiss. ac in Celeberrimo | Patauino Gymnasio Interpretis Legum Primarij, | COMMENTARIVM. | In quo Ciuiles Militaresque Magistratus, ac Palatinae dignitates, cum omnium officijs | explicantur: pluriumq(ue) iurium sensus, atq(ue) aliorum Auctorum loca illustrantur. | AD SERENISS. CAROLVM EMANVELEM | SABAVDIAE DVCEM. | Item de MAGISTRATIBVS MVNICIPALIBVS | eiusdem Auctoris Liber, | AD. SEREN. RAINVTIVM FARNESIVM, Parmae &c. Ducem. | Cum duplici Indice, vno capitum, altero insignium rerum copiosissimo. | CVM PRIVILEGIO. | VENETIIS, M. D. XCIII. | Apud Franciscum de Franciscis Senensem. |
Cambridge (Ma), Harvard University Library.
1593 Venezia edition Google Books - download PDF copy
1602 Venezia edition Google Books - download PDF copy - coloured pictures
1608 Lyon edition Google Books - download PDF copy
(ref) facsimile of the entire 1593 imprint, with parallel English translation.

Labbé, Philipp (Paris, 1651)
| NOTITIA | DIGNITATVM | IMPERII ROMANI, | Ex noua recensione | PHILIPPI LABBE BITVRICI | Soc. IESV Presbyteri. | Cum pluribus aliis Opusculis, | Indicibus ac Notis. | PARISIIS, | E TYPOGRAPHIA REGIA. | M. DC. LI. |
London, British Library.
Google Books - download PDF copy

Böcking, E. Eduard, (Bonn, 1839-1853)
Notitia dignitatum et administrationum omnium tam ciuilium quam militarium in partibus orientis et occidentis (ad codd. mss. Monachiensium, Romani, Parisiensium ac Vindobonensis editorumque fidem recensuit tabulis ad cod. ms. Biblioth. Reg. Palatin. Monachiens. depictis commentariis indicique illustrauit Eduardus Böcking). (Bonn, Marcus, 1839-1853) 4 vols: 1 (1839), 2 (1849), 3 (1850), 4 (1853).
vol.1 Google Books PDF; vol.2 + vol.3 Google Books PDF; vol.4 (Index) Google Books PDF

Seeck, Otto, (Berlin, 1876)
Notitia Dignitatum accedunt Notitia urbis Constantinopolitanae et Latercula prouinciarum (Berlin, Weidmann, 1876). (Reimpression Frankfurt a.M., Minerva, 1962).
--Edition - copies include the following:
--(1); (2); (3); (4); (5); (6); (7).
--Transcripts - include the following:
--IntraText Library --Grenoble --Bibliotheca Augustana --Halstein Sjølie --Latin library --Wikipedia --Humanities Web - western lists only| --Documenta Catholica omnia - eastern lists --Documenta Catholica omnia - western before eastern lists

Neira Faleiro, Concepción, (Madrid, 2005)
La Notitia Dignitatum - nueva edición crítica y comentario histórico. (Nueva Roma - Bibliotheca Graeca et Latina Aevi Posterioris, vol.25) (Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientifícas, 2005) - with colour facsimiles of the pictures from (O = Oxford Canonici Misc 378)
In preparation ?

Ireland, R.I., Notitia dignitatum (Leipzig, Vieweg+Teubner, 1999)

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Translations

Fairley, W.,
Notitia dignitatum: Register of dignitaries: in Translations and reprints from the original sources of european history. (vol.64 no.4) (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1899), pp.1-40. Pdf1 or Pdf2 or Pdf3 or copy (htm)

Rees, R.,
Diocletian and the Tetrarchy. (Debates and documents in Ancient history) (Edinburgh, University Press, 2004). (partial English translation)

Richardot, P.,
La fin de l'armée romaine 284-476. (3e édition revue et augmentée avec une traduction de la Notitia Dignitatum). (Paris, Economica, 2005). (partial French translation)

Durate Sánchez, A.D., Notitia dignitatum. Relación de dignatarios. (Murcia, España, 2007). (Spanish translation)
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Facsimiles with commentaries

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Western ms. 19854 - Canonici ms. misc. lat. 378
Notitia Dignitatum (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 378) (Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2014)
{Vol.1:} Facsimile imprint;
{Vol.2: Saggi e Commenti}: Lucchetti, L. (ed.), Notitia Dignitatum - L'amministrazione dell'impero romano.

München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, ms. Clm. 10291 (comprising: codex M + codex W)
Ginner, G. (ed.),
Notitia dignitatum: ein Weltreich verabschiedet sich! Notitia dignitatum continet omnium tam civilium quam militarium dignitatum utriusque imperii occidentis orientisque. (Verkleinerte Faksimileausgabe neu zusammengestellt von Gerhart 'Ghino' Ginner). (Epubli, Berlin-Kreuzberg, 2016) 2 vols.

Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España, ms. Res. 36
Notitia dignitatum. (Manuscrito Reservado 36 de la Biblioteca Nacional de España) (Madrid, Millennium Liber, 2009)
{Vol.1:} Facsimile imprint;
{Vol.2: Libro de estudio}: Libro de las claves del poder: Notitia dignitatum:
==Ruiz García, E.,
==Estudio codicológico, paleográfico y textual (pp.15-120);
==Fernández Fernández, L.,
==La tradición iconográfica y los manuscritos ilustrados (pp.123-199).

Borhy, L.,
Notitia utraque cum orientis tum occidentis ultra Arcadii Honoriique Caesarum tempora.(Budapest, Pytheas, 2003) = facsimile of the imprint by Hieronymus Froben (Basel, 1552)

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