Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans; . hat oc-curred, either with tiieir own hand, or by means of a slave,called, from his office, notarius, or tabellarius. The pugillares were of an ob-long form, made of citron or boxwood, or ivory, also of parchment,covered with coloured or whiteivax,^ containing two leaves,^three, four, five, or more,^^ with asmall margin raised all wrote on them^^ with astylus, hence ceris et stylo incum-bere, for in pugillaribus scribere,remittere stylum, to give overwriting. ^^ As the Romans never wore asword or dagger in
Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans; . hat oc-curred, either with tiieir own hand, or by means of a slave,called, from his office, notarius, or tabellarius. The pugillares were of an ob-long form, made of citron or boxwood, or ivory, also of parchment,covered with coloured or whiteivax,^ containing two leaves,^three, four, five, or more,^^ with asmall margin raised all wrote on them^^ with astylus, hence ceris et stylo incum-bere, for in pugillaribus scribere,remittere stylum, to give overwriting. ^^ As the Romans never wore asword or dagger in the city, they often, upon a sudden provo-cation, used the cjraphium or stylus as a weapon,^^ which theycarried in a case.** Hence probably the stiletto of the modernItalians. What a person Avrote with his own hand was called chirograPHUs, vel -urn, which also signifies ones hand or ipsius chirographo scripti, verses Avritten with his ownhand; chirographum alicujus imitaii, to imitate the hand-writing of any one.*^ But chirographum commonly signifies a. 1 in Hor. 2 bacillus vel surculus. 3 Silv. iv. 9. S. 67. iii. 2 5, 6. xi. 108. Ov. 7. 4 Liv. XXXV. 18—41.;^2. xxxviii. 47. Ver. iv,4e. 5 Plin. iii. 13. s. 5. viii. 9. xiii. 11. ii. 6. i. 6. Ov. I\let. ix. 520. 6 quod lion majores 8 Ov. Am. i. 12. 7. erant quam qu<e pug-no, Tel pugillo coiii-prehenderentur, velquod in iis stylo pun-gendo Horn. II. vL 16J. V. 4. Plin. iii. a aupuces, diTrf^^oi. 10 Mart, 11 exarabaiit. 12 Plin. Ep. vii. 27. 13 Piin. xxxiv. 14. sofJ, .Supt. C«s. fc2. (.2S. Claud. 15. 35. Sc-i Clem. i. 14. 14 theca calamaria, auSgraphiaria, vel gr:iphi-arium, Mart. xiv. 21. 15 Cii:. Fum. ii. 13. xii, 21. Alt,ii, 20. Nat. D. ii. ii. 4. Suet. .Tul17 .^ui;. 64. 87. Nei;52. Tit. a. METHOD OF WRITING. 413 bond or obligation, which a person
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