. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . , or scriptorius. The open papyrus explains howmanuscripts were read, rolled up at each end, so as to showonly the column of writing upon which the student wasintent. At the other side is a purse, or bag, to hold the reed,penknife, and other writing instruments. The next cut represents, besides a set of tablets bound up,a single one hanging from a nail. Such, probably, were DOMESTIC UTENSILS. 53
. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . , or scriptorius. The open papyrus explains howmanuscripts were read, rolled up at each end, so as to showonly the column of writing upon which the student wasintent. At the other side is a purse, or bag, to hold the reed,penknife, and other writing instruments. The next cut represents, besides a set of tablets bound up,a single one hanging from a nail. Such, probably, were DOMESTIC UTENSILS. 535 those suspended at EjDidaunis, containing remedies by whichthe sick had been cured, by the perusal of which Hippocratesis said to have profited in the comj)ilation of his medicalworks. It also contains, besides a papyrus similar to thosedescribed, a hexagonal inkstand, with a ring to pass the fingerthrough, upon which there lies an instrument resembling areed, but the absence of the knots, or joints, marks it to be astylus. Another of these instruments leans against the openbook. These were made of every sort of material; sometimeswith the precious metals, but usually of iron, and on occasion. Tabulae, Stylus, and Papyrus. might be turned into formidable weapons. It was with h isstylus that Caesar stabbed Casca in the arm, when attacked inthe senate by his murderers; and Caligula employed someperson to put to death a senator with the same the reign of Claudius women and boys were searched toascertain whether there were styles in their grapMarice tJiecce,or pen-cases. Stabbing with the pen, therefore, is not merelya metaphorical expression. Tablets such as those here re-presented, were the diurni, or day-books, hreviarii rationum^
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