‘me manus una capit’
Martial and the Codex
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https://doi.org/10.7146/classicaetmediaevalia.v73i.145235Abstract
This article examines the interplay between the text and the physical format of the book in Martial’s Epigrams. I argue that he published his codex edition of the Epigrams towards the end of his career, and that this edition was not intended for a broad readership. Instead, I suggest that it was an expensive luxury edition, a literary gimmick. Finally, I argue that Martial uses the roll and the codex as poetic devices.
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2024-05-10
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Boserup-Lemire, P. (2024). ‘me manus una capit’: Martial and the Codex. Classica Et Mediaevalia, 73, 315–332. https://doi.org/10.7146/classicaetmediaevalia.v73i.145235
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