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Record 9490

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'There had been a time when [...] [Gabriel Harvey] had been a pure Ciceronian [...] He had then come across the "Ciceronianus" of Sambucus -- that had led him to the "Ciceronianus"of Ramus [...] He now read Caesar, Varro, Sallust, Livy, Pliny and Columella, and found merits in all.'
Century: 1500-1599
Date: unknown
Country: England
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:Gabriel Harvey
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1545
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Christian
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Caesar
Title: unknown
Genre: Classics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 9490  
Source - Print  
  Author: Gabriel Harvey
  Editor: G. C. Moore Smith
  Title: Gabriel Harvey's Marginalia
  Place of Publication: Stratford-Upon-Avon
  Date of Publication: 1913
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 14
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Gabriel Harvey, G. C. Moore Smith (ed.), Gabriel Harvey's Marginalia (Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1913), p. 14, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9490, accessed: 28 March 2024

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