Bookshops in the Literary Culture of Rome

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ID23403164
AutoresPeter White (0000-0002-8177-140X, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Páginas268-287
Data de publicação2011-05-26
Open AccessNão
TipoCHAPTER
PeriódicoAncient Literacies (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199793983.003.0011
OpenAlexW2501533176
ISBN9780199793983
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8

This chapter describes ancient bookshops and booksellers in Rome. The bookshops of Rome had a commercial identity different from other small shops, such as location in a small sector of the city, unique conventions of sale, and special types of literate sociability. In Rome, it was possible to purchase Greek and Latin books, authored works and established titles, copied manuscripts, codices, and bookrolls. The wide variety of texts sold in Roman bookshops implies that booksellers were able to organize several resources in terms of materials, bibliographic information, and production techniques.

Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music) · Media studies · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · History

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