Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans; . in very small characters.^^ When a book or volume was finished, a ball or boss^*^ of wood,bone, horn, or the like, was affixed to it on the outside, forsecurity and ornament,^^ called umbilicus, from its Iesemblance. I Ov. ibid, 29. Cic. Or, P. 339. 10 Id in utraque J?a^.na. ii. 39. 6 suprascriptio, Plin. 9. Ot>. iii. 19. 14 Juv. i. Mart. 2 a TTaXii-, rursus, et Kp.\ii. 12: 11 TrisL. i. 1. 117. Cic. viii. 62. ^.^.<», rado. 7 ut ex lis jusfe tabulaj Tusc. iii. 15 miniitissim
Roman antiquities: or, An account of the manners and customs of the Romans; . in very small characters.^^ When a book or volume was finished, a ball or boss^*^ of wood,bone, horn, or the like, was affixed to it on the outside, forsecurity and ornament,^^ called umbilicus, from its Iesemblance. I Ov. ibid, 29. Cic. Or, P. 339. 10 Id in utraque J?a^.na. ii. 39. 6 suprascriptio, Plin. 9. Ot>. iii. 19. 14 Juv. i. Mart. 2 a TTaXii-, rursus, et Kp.\ii. 12: 11 TrisL. i. 1. 117. Cic. viii. 62. ^.^.<», rado. 7 ut ex lis jusfe tabulaj Tusc. iii. 15 miniitissimis, sc. ii- 3 a ?,<„, rado. conficerenlur, Cic. Ros. ). xvi. 17. le-is, Plin. it. 4 delere. Com. 2, 3. Ii Plin. Kp. iii. S. UIp. 16 bulla. 5 Mart. xiv. 7. Cic. 8 agglutinabant. 1. 62. D. ue Legnt. iii. 17 ad conservalioiiem Fam. vii. 18. Hor. Art. 9 sclieda. , Ep. ii. et ornatum. 412 ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. to that part of the human body; hence ad umbilicum adducere^to bring to a conclusion, to finish; ad iimbilicos pervenircy tocome to the conclusion. Some suppose this ornament to havebeen placed in the middle of the roll,^ but others, at the end ofthe stick- on which the book was rolled, or rather at both ends,called coENUA ; hence we usually find umbilici in the pl
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