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scrinium
[ skrin-ee-uhm ]
noun
, plural scrin·i·a [skrin, -ee-, uh].
- a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
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When a number of rolls had to be carried from one place to another, they were put into a box (scrinium or capsa).
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The Roman scrinium, or book-case, a very costly cabinet, shows how these rolls were preserved.
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Unum scrinium argenteum deauratum, in quo reponitur crux quo vocatur la blake rode.
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