Editing Notitia Dignitatum (section)

== Copies of the manuscript ==
There are several extant 15th- and 16th-century copies of the document, plus a colour-illuminated iteration of 1542. All the known, extant copies are derived, either directly or indirectly, from ''Codex Spirensis'', a [[codex]] known to have existed in the library of the Chapter of [[Speyer Cathedral]] in 1542, but which was lost before 1672 and has not been rediscovered. The ''Codex Spirensis'' was a collection of documents, of which the ''Notitia'' was the final and largest, occupying 164 pages, that brought together several previous documents of which one was of the 9th century. The [[heraldry]] in illuminated manuscript copies of the ''Notitia'' is thought to copy or imitate only that illustrated in the lost ''Codex Spirensis''.

The iteration of 1542 made for [[Otto Henry, Elector Palatine]], was revised with "illustrations more faithful to the originals added at a later date", and is preserved by the [[Bavarian State Library]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Publication of Offices - Notitia Dignitatum (Sammelhandschrift)| work = World Digital Library| access-date = 2014-06-21| date = 1542| url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4103 }}</ref>

The most important copy of the ''Codex'' is that made for [[Pietro Donato]] in 1436 and illuminated by [[Peronet Lamy]], now in the [[Bodleian Library]], Oxford.