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Record Number: 4441


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

In Will of Robert Keayne of Boston: 'As my special gift to ... [his son] my little written book in my closet upon I Cor. II, 27, 28, which is a treatise on the sacrament of the Lord's Supper ... [It is] a little thin pocket book bound in leather, all written with my own hand, which I esteem more precious than gold, and which I have read over I think 100 and 100 times ...'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Keayne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1595

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Merchant tailor

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Treatise on I. Corinthians II.27, 28

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Codex, Leather bound pocketbook

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

4441

Source:

Print

Author:

David D. Hall

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book

Place of Publication:

Amherst

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

65

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book (Amherst, 1996), p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4441, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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