Iconic books are texts revered as objects of power rather than just as words of instruction, information, or insight. In religious and secular rituals around the globe, people carry, show, wave, touch and kiss books and other texts, as well as read them. This blog chronicles such events and activities. (For more about iconic books, see the links to the Iconic Books Project at left.)

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Selling Books in Imperial Rome

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Mary Beard has a fun article, "Scrolling Down the Ages," on the ancient Roman book trade in the New York Times.
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