Category Archives: Scriptoria
Some Papyrus Codices and Poor Copyists in a Letter of Jerome
As the codex replaced the roll as the main vehicle for the transmission of literature in antiquity, the terminology of the Roman book also shifted. One of the most common Latin designations for a papyrus roll was volumen. By the … Continue reading
The So-called Scriptorium at Bu Njem
It is common for historians of ancient Rome to state that writers did not use desks (As Theodor Birt put it, “In antiquity, people did not write on desks”). I have noted before on the blog that I am not … Continue reading
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