Ancient Literacies

Ovid in exile shows one of the many problems with any theory that the only real poetry for the Romans was performed poetry. If s ...

to their status aswrittentexts (e.g., Cat. 14, 50). Even theSermones (‘‘Conversations’’) are written for readers.^157 Accordingl ...

BIBLIOGRAPHY Achtemeier, Paul J. 1990. ‘‘Omne Verbum Sonat: The New Testament and the Oral Environment of Late Western Antiquity ...

Darnton, Robert. 1990. ‘‘First Steps Toward a History of Reading.’’ InThe Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History, 1 ...

Holzberg, Nicklas. 2001.Die ro ̈mische Liebeselegie: Eine Einfu ̈hrung. 2nd ed. Darmstadt. Horsfall, Nicholas. 1989. ‘‘‘The Uses ...

Saenger, Paul. 1982. ‘‘Silent Reading: Its Impact on Late Medieval Script and Society.’’Viator13: 367 414. Salles, Catherine. 19 ...

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10 Papyrological Evidence for Book Collections and Libraries in the Roman Empire George W. Houston Working primarily with litera ...

number of other limitations as well.^4 We will deal primarily with two kinds of evidence: first, lists of books that appear in p ...

It begins in line 1 withSymposium, then in line 2 tells us ‘‘dialogues,’’ followed by the number kappa, or 20. There follow 20 l ...

there is aparagraphus—a horizontal line indicating a break—followed by works of Xenophon and then, after a second break indicate ...

haps the entireGorgias.^14 If this is correct, we would seem to have the compiler looking at an actual volume, examining it, and ...

Table 10.1.Lists of Book Collections Preserved in Papyri No. Publication Date and Prov enance Size Brief Description^1 1 Otranto ...

Table 10.1. (Continued) No. Publication Date and Prov enance Size Brief Description^1 and 296 rolls, it seems indicates the numb ...

papyri, where it is known, is a city of some size, also as one would expect. The sizes of the various collections cannot be dete ...

Listno.3,writtenontheversoofP.Oxy. 2660, which is a Greek-to-Latin glossary dating from the first or second century, was careful ...

Figure 10.1P.Oxy. 2659. A list of writers of comedy and titles of their works 242 ...

or of acquisition), no bibliographical information whatever. There is no catalogue number of any sort, no reference to which cab ...