Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Lat. 4411
History:
Origin:
9th century, Gaul (Hänel,
Liebs); 9th century (Mommsen, Meyer);
beginning
of the 9th century, French (Bischoff HA); 2nd
half of the 8th century, North France
(Bischoff/Brown/John)
Physical description:
Material: ParchmentQuires: 2.(IV+1)18 + 8.IV82 + III88 [no text loss] + 3.IV112 + (IV-1)119 + 9.IV191
Number: 191 foll.
Size: 240 x 170 mm
Text block: 205-230 x 130-150 mm
Lines: 23-26
Script: early, mixed Caroline minuscule with variant forms in R and r, N and n, variant forms of a (cc, seldom ic, minuscule-a, uncial A), uncial G and g. Ligatures in Ct and re; t sometimes with a bow in front. Page titles in minuscule. Rubrics in Capitalis. Dates of the imperial laws in uncial or cursive minuscule. Merovingian orthography (fol. 117r: omnebus, ex ac, scelicet, usofructu, habit, vinerit, leceat, cum prolis nomerosa, in filiorum eletione, matrebus, necessetas). Script of the inserted Septinas septem smaller and slightly cursive. Glossed occasionally.
Glosses: e.g. fol. 12v: interlinear libellos: de quacumque lege [Cod. Theod. 1, 6, 3 Int., p. 22]
fol. 16r: interlinear officiales: scabini [Cod.
Theod. 2, 1, 8 Int., p. 22]
Contents:
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1r - 9v
Capitulatio of the Lex Romana Visigothorum: CODEX THEODOSIANUS. INCIPIUNT CAPITULA HUIUS LEGIS ROMANI CONSTITUTIONIS
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10r
text of the Lex Romana Visigothorum, text loss at the end: DE CONSTITUCIONIBUS PRINCIPUM ET <E>DICTIS. …
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118r-119r
Septinas septem on two sheets, text loss at the end caused by trimming of the vellum. INCIPIUNT SEPTINAS SEPTI DE LEGe salica. Si quis basilica incendedirit … Expl.: Si quis dentem alterius excusserit //
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191v
Expl. … tradita ei essent cum etsi verum sit [2 words, illegible] (Lex Romana Visigothorum, Cod. Gregor. IV, 1, p. 446)
