[Michael Juster]

Is anyone aware of any scholarship on the Roman (Augustan era or so) definition of a "book"?

As always, many thanks.

[Marcia Karp]

You might start with this, Michael: Frederic G. Kenyon, Books and Readers in Ancient Greece and Rome, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951). It's a very good book. Enjoyable and short. You can read it at BU's Mugar in a couple of hours.

Marcia

[Michael Juster]

In response to private message: The term in Latin was "liber" and physically it was a scroll.

[Michael Juster]

Marcia:

Great find! And one that's leading to others.

Consider yourself chastely kissed across cyberspace.

Mike

[Marcia Karp]

Well, if I'm getting kisses for the one, I'll pm you a small list.

[Michael Juster]

Got what I needed! Thanks again!

[Julie Steiner]

LOL! It looks like you chaste him off, Marcia.

[Marcia Karp]

Originally Posted by Julie Stoner

LOL! It looks like you chaste him off, Marcia.

Well, the explicit is required when reading a scroll. And ain't it just like a man: Got what I needed. Ta ta. But Mike is okay in my book, er liber.

Marcia

[Michael Cantor]

But he said, "Thank you, ma'am."