Notitia vtraqve cvm orientis tvm occidentis vltra Arcadii Honoriiqve Cæsarvm tempora, illustre uetustatis monumentum, imò thesaurus prorsum incomparabilis : Præcedit aute D. Andreæ Alciati libellus, De magistratib. ciuilibusq; ac militaribus officijs, partim ex hac ipsa Notitia, partim aliunde desumptus : cvi succedit Descriptio urbis Romæ, quæ sub titulo Pub. Victoris circumfertur : & altera urbis Constantinopolitanæ incerto autore, nunquã antehac typis excusa, imperialium uidelicet ac primariaru sedium utriusq reipub : svbiungitur Notitiis uetustus liber De rebvs bellicis ad Theodosium Aug & filios eius Arcadium atq; Honorium, ut uidetur, scriptus incerto autore : item, ne quid de antiquo exemplari omitteretur, Disputatio Adriani Aug. & Epicteti philosophi
A 1552 Basel edition of the Notitia dignitatum, an late Roman administrative handbook of imperial offices and provinces, edited by Sigmund Gelen and Konrad Schnitt with Andrea Alciati's treatise on magistrates, printed for scholars of antiquity. Its woodcut pictures are small emblematic diagrams of shields, gates, towers and insignia, drawn in crisp black line on cream paper, offering a designer ready models of classical heraldic devices and architectural silhouettes.
