GoKawiilHistorians revisit Augustine's account of Ambrose reading silently
A passage from Augustine's Confessions describing Bishop Ambrose reading silently, without moving his lips, is cited by scholars including William A. Johnson and Alberto Manguel as evidence that silent reading was uncommon in the ancient world. Johnson analyzed the passage in a 2000 journal article, while Manguel devoted a chapter of his 1996 book 'A History of Reading' to the topic of silent readers.