Hi Jeff
Don't know if this helps - I came across this in a 1983 article by Robert Grigg (p. 133, n. 11):
"The titles and stations of some of the units in the
Comitatus and
Pseudocomitatus in the
Not. Dig. have helped to link them to former legions..."
Primani:
(a) Late unit title in the
Not. Dig.:....
Primani
(b) Former legionary title:.....................
Leg. I Italica
© Late unit emblem in the
Not. Dig.:...knotted rope (?),
Not. Or. vi, 5
(d) Former legionary badge:.....................boar or hippocamp
Minervia:
(a) Late unit title in the
Not. Dig.:....
Minervia
(b) Former legionary title:.....................
Leg. I Minerva
© Late unit emblem in the
Not. Dig.:...essentially blank,
Not. Or. ix, 15
(d) Former legionary badge:.....................Minerva or ram
(Full citation)
Grigg, R 1983, ‘Inconsistency and lassitude: the shield emblems of the Notitia Dignitatum’,
The Journal of Roman Studies, vol. 73, pp. 132-142, viewed 30 January 2011, <
http://www.jstor.org/stable/300077>.
I think
primani might just mean "firsts", but I was amused that GoogleTranslate gave "The First Cut" - make of that what you will.
Cheers