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Notitia Dignitatum
The Notitia Dignitatum which was compiled under the reign of the emperors Arcadius and Honorius, presents the civil and military administration of the Roman Empire divided into western and eastern parts in AD 395. The intention behind this book was probably to provide a well arranged and regularly updated overview of the higher and lower offices, the commanders of the army garding the borders and the mobile army stationed in the inner parts of the empire, of the military units under their command, their garrisons and their signage systems in the administration divided into a civil and a military part and "doubled" in the eastern and western parts of the empire.
The editio princeps of the Notitia Dignitatum printed on hand-made paper and decorated with woodcuts was produced in 1552 at the workshop of Hieronymus Frobenius in Bazel and can be found today in the collection of the Smidt Museum in Szombathely. Thanks to Pytheas Publishing House this rare book will be available for the first time in a colourful facsimile edition. The book is produced at the same size of the original (225 x 326 mm) with digital reproductions, printed on digital press, stiched and hardbound. The exeptionally compelling consistent edition is supplemented with a study about the book itself and a scientific apparatus, which is based on the 1876 edition by O. Seeck and the 15. century manuscript of the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.
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| Notitia Dignitatum
Number of pages: 168 facsimile pages + 120 pages (monography)
Size: 225 x 326 mm
Binding: Hardcover
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105 EUR |
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| Notitia Dignitatum (Edition de Luxe)
Number of pages: 168 facsimile pages + 120 pages (monography)
Size: 225 x 326 mm
Binding: Sewed manually on ribs and bound in
genuine leather with wooden boards
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290 EUR |
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