Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 296
ink before the applica-ion of quills. It wascalled calamus. Theopen papyrus explainshow manuscripts were tabulae, calamus, and papyrus. read, rolled up at each end, so as to show onh the column ofwriting upon which the student was intent. At the other side isa purse, or bag, to hold the reed,…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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