Paris, BN, lat. 4404

4404 is a medieval manuscript from the 9th century containing, among other legal texts, the Breviary of Alaric, and is notable also for containing illustrations of rulers.

The earliest examples of illustrations of rulers may have been illuminations in legal manuscripts, with lat.

4404 frequently cited as an instance: its frontispiece depicts Theodosius, Valentian, Marcian, and Majorian.

Waitz, following Pardessus, refers to the Lex Salica in 4404 as "the only manuscript where no trace of Christianity can be found", apparently neglecting the introduction to the text which speaks of the Franks as a people of God.

[5] A note by Étienne Baluze (1630-1718) explains that the manuscript came from Gallia Narbonensis and became part of the library of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683).