capsan.
/ˈkapsə/ (See quot. 1959.)
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1932 B. L. Ullman Anc. Writing xvii. 204 The grouping of the books of Livy in decades is due to the fact that ten books were kept in each capsa.
1954 C. H. Roberts in Proc. Brit. Acad. XL. 193 The hypogaeum of Trebius Justus where codices, roll, and capsa are all represented.
1959 L. M. Harrod Librarians' Gloss. (ed. 2) 58 Capsa, a cylindrical box used in Roman libraries to hold one or more rolls standing upright.
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