The Library of the Villa Dei Papiri at Herculaneum

by David Sider (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $35.18

  An introduction to this ancient library that describes the difficult history of attempts to unwind the damaged rolls. This book discusses the texts that have been deciphered and puts them in the context of literacy and Roman society of the time. It also describes the form of books in antiquity and the papyrus sheets on which they were written.