There has been a lot of talk in recent years on the length of time an ancient book, or even "autograph" may have been in use. I br...

Brian J. Wright has published an excellent book that covers, quite exhaustively, communal reading events in the first century; Communal R...

Roman fresco from Herculaneum depicting from left to right,  ink well and reed pen, bookroll, wax tablet codex, and wooden tablet. R...