Abstract: This article reviews the first two parts of the book edited by Rita Lizzi Testa and Giulia Marconi, The Collectio Avellana and the Development of Notarial Practices in Late Antiquity (Turnhout, Brepols, 2023). Part one, The Making of the Collectio Avellana from Cassiodorus to Pier Damiani, discusses authorship, aspects of textual transmission, and the interest in the Collectio Avellana during the medieval period. Part two, A Teeming World of Secretaries and Archives, between the Senatorial Aristocracy and the Imperial Court, examines the functions of the body of notarii and other officials who performed related tasks in late antiquity.

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