Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Capsa

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CAPSA. A deep, circular wooden box or case (Plin. H. N. xvi. 84.), in which things are deposited to be removed from place to place, but more especially employed for the transport of books. (Cic. in Cael. Div. 16. Hor. Sat. i. 4. 22. Ib. 10. 63.) The illustration (Capsa/1.1) represents two of these boxes, one open with the rolls or volumes inside it, from a Pompeian painting; the other, with the lid shut down and locked, from a MS. of Virgil in the Vatican. Both have straps attached, for the convenience of carrying them about.

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  Capsa/1.1