Paris, BN, lat. 4404
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 4404 is a medieval manuscript from the 9th century containing, among other legal texts, the Breviary of Alaric, and is notable also for containing illustrations of rulers.
The earliest examples of illustrations of rulers may have been illuminations in legal manuscripts, with lat. 4404 frequently cited as an instance: its frontispiece depicts Theodosius, Valentian, Marcian, and Majorian.[1] The Breviary of Alaric is the only text in the manuscript with annotations.[2]
The version of the
Provenance
The manuscript hails from Gaul, early 9th century, most likely from Tours or thereabouts.[4] Some date and locate it more precisely—Samuel Collins dates production in 804, in the Tours scriptorium.[5] A note by Étienne Baluze (1630-1718) explains that the manuscript came from Gallia Narbonensis and became part of the library of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683). Before that, it was most likely owned by Julien Brodeau (1585-1653), a lawyer from Paris.[4]
Contents
- Breviary of Alaric (or Lex Romana Visigothorum)
- Lex Salica
- Lex Alamannorum
- Lex Ripuaria
References
- ISBN 9781843830597.
- ISBN 9780521315654. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- S2CID 162901729.
- ^ a b "Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Lat. 4404" (in German). University of Cologne. 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ISBN 9781137295057.