Notitia Dignitatum

ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Notitia Dignitatum; Notitia Dignitatum et Administrationum Omnium tam Civilium quam Militarium; Notizia di Tutte le Dignità ed Amministrazioni sia Civili sia Militari; List of Offices; Egistre des Dignitaires; Список должностей; 百官志.
CURRENT LOCATION
United Kingdom, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 378.
FACSIMILE EDITION
Notitia Dignitatum: Treccani (Rome, 2014). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding corresponds to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment. Limited edition: 599 copies. Commentary. Slipcase.
Copyright photos: Treccani

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Notitia Dignitatum

ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Notitia Dignitatum; Notitia Dignitatum et Administrationum Omnium tam Civilium quam Militarium; Notizia di Tutte le Dignità ed Amministrazioni sia Civili sia Militari; List of Offices; Egistre des Dignitaires; Список должностей; 百官志.
CURRENT LOCATION
United Kingdom, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 378.
FACSIMILE EDITION
Notitia Dignitatum: Treccani (Rome, 2014). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document: the facsimile reproduces as close as possible the codicological characteristics of the original document; the binding corresponds to that of the original document as it appears at the present moment. Limited edition: 599 copies. Commentary. Slipcase.
Copyright photos: Treccani

Category:
FEATURES – Codex on parchment, 275 x 197 mm, 348 pp.
ORIGIN – Italy: Padua.
CHRONOLOGY – 15th century: 1436.
PATRONAGE AND OWNERS – The codex was commissioned by Pietro Donato, bishop of Padua (from 1428) and noted bibliophile, collector and patron of art.
GENRE – Treatises / Secular books; Chronicles / History / Laws.
CONTENTS – The document details the administrative organization of the Roman Empire.
LANGUAGE – Latin.
SCRIPT – Humanist minuscule.
DECORATION – 109 miniatures.
ARTIST – Peronet Lamy, called Perenet lenlumineur (Peronet the Illuminator).
STYLE – Renaissance.

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