Theodosian Code, Volume 2

I. Primary Sylloga

The sole nearly complete copy of the primary sylloga became known
(1.) Vatican codex 7277 = Γ (f. 23—125) written in Gaul at the beginning of the 10th century. The text of the Novellae copied from the mutilated archetype fails after the first words of Maiorianus 7. But it is inferred that the archetype, although mutilated at the end, had no other constitutions of other emperors after the Maiorian laws, because the form derived from it for the second sylloga—namely, the Alaric epitome—itself an original Western empire collection, had no constitutions later than Maiorianus. That this sylloga was composed while Maiorianus was emperor appears also from the fact that, whereas for novella Valentinian 26 it is prescribed 'on the confirmation of the laws of the deified Theodosius Augustus which were enacted after the Theodosian [Code]', the rubric of the first novella of Maiorianus is read thus: (in the index) 'on the origin of his empire', (in the context) 'on the origin of the empire of the lord Maiorianus A.' — This corpus contains the constitutions of three emperors: Theodosius II, Valentinian III, and Maiorianus himself; indices are prefixed to the laws of each individual emperor. The entire corpus belongs solely to the West. Therefore, the novellae of Emperor Marcianus were not in it. These, had they been there, would be read between the Valentinian and Maiorian laws, where they are present in the books of the second sylloga (i.e., the Breviary).
Remains representing another copy containing our sylloga are
(2.) two tattered Cuiacian leaves, which go back to the same archetype as the book Γ:
a) one falls into the lacuna of the codex from which Γ was copied, between Nov. Valent. 1, 2 and 2, 4, and partially fills them,
b) the other, after the title of Valentinian 14 'on fruits', has novella Valentinian 15 'on the collection of siliquae a specific tax or coin' which is omitted in Γ and its archetype.
Furthermore, excerpts of this sylloga are provided by
(3.) the books of the second order of the corpus of gromatical land-surveying writers (for us Grom.) Vatican Palatinus 1564 of the 10th century and the Guelferbytanus Gudianus 105 of about the same age copied from it, which received the greatest part of novella Theodosius 20, and fragments of nov. Theodosius 4 and 24,
(4.) the collection of canons by Cardinal Deusdedit (for us Deusd.) published in 1087, which displays novella Valentinian 17 nearly in full. An intact codex of this collection exists as Vatican 3833 of the beginning of the 12th century, written in Gaul,
(5.) the codex of the Monk's Epitome Philippsianus 1735 written in the 8th/9th century, which adds to the subscription of Anianus the inscription, subscription, and text of the novellae Valentinian 16 and 24, contracted and interpolated into a brief summary.
Finally, Maiorianus and Euric, king of the Visigoths (466—485), used this corpus, as he compiled the Euric codex destined for the Goths, as did Gundobad, king of the Burgundians (473—516), whom it is likely compiled the Roman Law of the Burgundians, and Theoderic, king of Italy (493—526), in his Edict.
In this full corpus compiled by Maiorianus, the following were contained:

A. New laws of Theodosius II confirmed in 448.

It is prescribed in the index in Γ (f. 23v): Titles of the new laws of the deified Theodosian Augustus (sic). But of this index, nothing remains except the first rubric; the rest perished with the folio which fell out after f. 23. The rubrics themselves are these according to the order of the context, which Haenelius restored in his edition:
1. 438 Feb. 15 on the authority of the Theodosian code and on the laws which were enacted after the Theodosian [Code] of the deified Theodosius Augustus (sic). This rubric remains from the index; the beginning of the law itself perished with that lost folio; furthermore, the final part from words 31/32 invictissimo the most invincible is also desired missing due to a hiatus in the archetype. This is the law on publishing the Theodosian [Code].
2. 447 Oct. 1 on the confirmation of the new laws of the deified Theodosius A. : the constitution directed to the colleague Valentinian on publishing the new laws is missing in the archetype of book Γ; the Alaric epitome fills the hiatus, whose rubric I have received.