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Record 2245

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Byron to Thomas Moore, 6 November 1816: 'Among many things at Milan, one pleased me particularly, viz. the correspondence ... of Lucretia Borgia wth Cardinal Bembo ... I ... wished sorely to get a copy of one or two of the letters, but is was prohibited ... so I only got some of them by heart. They are kept in the Ambrosian Library, which I often visited to look them over ...'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Oct 1816 and 31 Oct 1816
Country: Italy
Time: n/a
Place: city: Milan
specific address: Ambrosian Library
   
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:George Gordon Lord Byron
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 22 Jan 1788
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Italy
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Cardinal; Lucretia Bembo; de Borgia
Title: letters
Genre: Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Manuscript: Letter, Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2245  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
  Editor: Leslie A. Marchand
  Title: Byron's Letters and Journals
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1976
  Vol: 5
  Page: 123
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1976), 5, p. 123, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2245, accessed: 25 April 2024

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