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William Johnson

Professor of Classical Studies
Classical Studies
Box 90103, Durham, NC 27708-0103
236 Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours On leave 2024-25.  

Scholarly Works - Book sections


From Bookroll to Codex

Book section · 2025 Featured Publication The first part of this overview of ancient books in the Graeco-Roman world focuses on the details of scribal production for papyrus rolls containing ancient literary texts (‘bookrolls’), so as to give a clear view of the regularities of format and conventi ... Cite

Learning to Read and Write

Book section · 2015 Featured Publication Cite

Libraries and Reading Culture in the High Empire

Book section · 2013 Featured Publication Cite

Bookrolls as media

Book section · January 1, 2013 Featured Publication Cite

The Ancient Book

Book section · 2009 Featured Publication Cite

Constructing Elite Reading Communities in the High Empire

Book section · 2009 © 2009 by Oxford University Press, Inc. All rights reserved. This chapter takes Aulus Gellius's work entitled Attic Nights as an illustrative example to present a methodology for exposing the sociology of certain types of reading events and how a reading c ... Full text Cite

The Posidippus Papyrus: Bookroll and Reader

Book section · 2005 Featured Publication Cite

Percolare" and "percolere"

Book section · 1994 Cite