Record Number: 5151
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
A volume of sermons, marked with dates and what appears to be a system of initials - possibly some sort of reminder? Examples: [Sermon 1.] "SSC [?] 15 Jan 1922 & M.../ SSC 3/4/17/ Sunday morning". In addition, passages of text are sometimes deleted or marked up. Examples: [sermon 1, p.1] The title is ticked, the phrase "not interrupt him" is deleted from the 2nd para. and the word "see" is deleted from the 4th last line on the same page. On the following 2 pp of the same sermon, further single words, phrases and one complete paragraph are deleted.
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Minister of religion
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
Very tentative identification of the author of ms notes as one of the chaplains of St Serf's Church attached to Dunimarle Castle in Fife
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Thirty short addresses for family prayers or cottage meetings by Fidelis author of 'Simple preparation for the Holy Communion' containng addresses by the late Canon Kingsley, Rev. G.H. Wilkinson and Dr. Vaughan
Genre:Sermon
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Hatchards, 1883
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5151
Source - Manuscript:Other
Author:Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: DH LIB 1166, Fidelis, pseud., "Thirty short addresses for family prayers or cottage meetings by Fidelis author of 'Simple preparation for the Holy Communion' containng addresses by the late Canon Kingsley, Rev. G.H. Wilkinson and Dr. Vaughan, (London, 1883), various pages ,
Citation:Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: DH LIB 1166, Fidelis, pseud., "Thirty short addresses for family prayers or cottage meetings by Fidelis author of 'Simple preparation for the Holy Communion' containng addresses by the late Canon Kingsley, Rev. G.H. Wilkinson and Dr. Vaughan, (London, 1883), various pages , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5151, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
A small number of non-family items, mainly associated with the chaplains of St Serfs (the chapel built by Magdalene Sharpe-Erskine), are known to be in the Dunimarle Library. Harper was the incumbent until at least 1912.
