correspondence Flashcards
slave who sent mail
tabellārius
slaves who wrote at their
master’s dications
librāriī/servī ab epistolīs/servī ā manū/āmanuēnsis
book hinges for tablets used for letters
cōdicillī/pugilārēs
instrument for writing on tablets
stilus/stylus/graphium
reed pen
calamus
ink
ātrāmentum
thread for sealing a letter
līnum
letters written on sheets of paper
schedae
modern-style book
cōdex
parchment
membrānum
reused parchment or paper
palimpsēstum
a stack of twenty sheets of paper
scāpus
how much was a scapus equal to
paper obtained by one reed
the pole about which a scroll is bound
umbilīcus
knobs on ends of umbilicus
cornua
small strip of paper with the name of the work attached to the knob
titulus
wooden box that held scrolls
capsa/scrīnium
wax used to seal a letter
cēra
seal used to enclose a letter
signum
cupboards that could sometimes hold books
armāria
