Libri Lintei
A name given to such of the Roman
libri magistratum or early lists of
the annual magistrates as were written on linen (
linteum). They were kept
in the Capitol, and are frequently mentioned by Livy as one of his sources of information
(
Livy, iv. 20, 8; cf. Pliny ,
Pliny
H. N. xiii. 69). See H. Peter,
Hist. Rom. Reliq. i.
cccxlv.