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A private late Roman copying room in Carthage around 426: patched lime plaster, limestone floor, two mismatched wooden tables, two stools, a low central bench, and one high shuttered window. The left copyist’s reed pen meets the fresh quire on the left copying station; his opposite forearm presses that quire against the tabletop. The right copyist’s reed pen meets the fresh quire on the right copying station; his opposite hand presses its fold against the tabletop. Each open source codex rests fully on its sloped support; each support’s lower lip bears the codex weight. The two open source codices and three closed source codices together form Firmus’s five-volume exemplar. Both stools and every table or bench leg meet the room surfaces’ limestone floor; both copyists’ feet rest flat on it. 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