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Record Number: 5793


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": " ... when ... [Harvey] and [Philip] Sidney went through books 1-3 [of Livy's Romanae historiae], they compared them to Frontinus's Stratagems (first century A.D.) [notes copiousness of annotations in Harvey's copy of Frontinus at the Houghton Librrary, Havard]."

Century:

1500-1599

Date:

Between 1576 and 1577

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:

Reading Group:

Gabriel Harvey and Philip Sidney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA
Professional/Aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Frontinus

Title:

Stratagems

Genre:

Classics, Politics, military

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
owned by Harvey


Source Information:

Record ID:

5793

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Stephen A. Barney

Title:

Annotation and Its Texts

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

n/a

Page:

116

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Stephen A. Barney (ed.), Annotation and Its Texts (New York, 1991), p. 116, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5793, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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