How the end of a book was marked in ancient rolls
November 22nd, 2012 by Roger Pearse
Ancient works were frequently divided into many books. What did the end of a book look like, in an ancient roll? To answer this question requires examining papyri which contain such items. Francesca Schironi assembled a dossier, with photographs, of 55 papyrus fragments, 51 of them from Homer. Her analysis is very dense, and her conclusions deserve to [...]