Did they use chairs and tables to write in 1st century Rome?
Please site sources if possible, as this is for a research project.
Great question, here are some points and sources.
Wax Tablets of the Mind: cognitive studies of memory and literacy in classical antiquity By Jocelyn Penny Small 1997
The answer is a simple: not often were tables and chairs used in writing.
Most used a stool or such and held a “tablet” wooden board that allowed one to write in wax or other wise.
Suspect slaves used a table while copying such onto a roll
for a manuscript but more often in was done on a floor.
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/index9.html
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/man_writing.jpg (3rd century) This one is priceless.
http://www.furniturestyles.net/ancient/roman/lectus.html
http://www.furniturestyles.net/ancient/roman/lectus.html
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