Die Handschrift Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 4409

This article deals with the manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 4409, dating from the end of the ninth century. This composite codex consists of a unique combination of three texts: the ‘Lex Romana Visigothorum’, the ‘Epitome Aegidii’ and the ‘Lex Salica’. A notable feature of the Roman law texts is their extensive glossing, with up to 400 glosses. This article presents the manuscript in detail, examining the composition techniques, and focusing particularly on the glosses of the ‘Epitome Aegidii’ section of the codex, analysing and characterising them. An appendix provides the first complete edition of all 400 of this part’s glosses.