Ancient Latin Poetry Books: Materiality and Context by Gabriel Nocchi Macedo

Ancient Latin Poetry Books: Materiality and Context

New Texts from Ancient Cultures

Gabriel Nocchi Macedo

320 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history literary adventurous medium-paced
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Before the invention of printing, all forms of writing were done by hand. For a literary text to circulate among readers, and to be transmitted from one period in time to another, it had to be copied by scribes. As a result, two copies of an ancie...

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