Evidence: | 'An annotated copy of John Hart's "Orthographie" which undoubtedly belonged to [Gabriel] Harvey [...] is replete with his comments on spellings and punctuations [...] On sig. Diiir where the text states "a writing is corrupted when any worde or sillable hath more letters, than are used of voyces in the pronunciation" Harvey cites as examples: "Comptroller, Bloudde, Adde, Speake".' |
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Century: | 1500-1599, 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1569 and 7 Feb 1630 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Gabriel Harvey |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1545 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer/Academic |
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 |
Author: | John Hart |
Title: | An Orthographie |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Textbook / self-education, Language |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1569 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 9544 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Virginia F. Stern | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Gabriel Harvey: His Life, Marginalia and Library | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1979 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 145 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Virginia F. Stern, Gabriel Harvey: His Life, Marginalia and Library (Oxford, 1979), p. 145, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9544, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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