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Record Number: 7792


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: marginal marks (*) and dates throughout the guidebook, with v.2 more heavily marked than v.1.: eg. p.376-7 against the text line 'L'Eglise de St. Francois' is the ms note 'Jan 30 again'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1820 and 31 Dec 1840

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Rome

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:

Magdalene Erskine

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1787

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Daughter of Scottish landowning family

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

Identity inferred from inscription



Text Being Read:

Author:

Mariano Vasi

Title:

Itineraire instructif de Rome ancienne et moderne ?

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Rome: Chez l'Auteur, 1820

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

7792

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Vasi, Mariano, Itineraire instructif de Rome ancienne et moderne ?, (Rome, 1820), various pages, [DH LIB 853]. ,

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Vasi, Mariano, Itineraire instructif de Rome ancienne et moderne ?, (Rome, 1820), various pages, [DH LIB 853]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7792, accessed: 29 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Date range of annotations is suggested by nature of inscription (ie a fairly young Magdalene) and is in a period when she was known from other sources to have been travelling in Europe.

   
   
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