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Record Number: 29362


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Meeting held at Reckitt House 27/2/30 R. H. Robson in the chair 1. Minutes of last Meeting approved 5. The subject of “Medieval Social Life” which by some strange metamorphosis had changed into “Renaissance Social Life” was then taken. Mrs T. C. Elliott read a paper on “Domestic Life in the Fifteenth Century as seen in the Paston Letters”. Alfred Rawlings read a paper on “Medieval Artists and their Methods”, illustrated by Medici reproductions of Giotto’s fresco St. “Francis: the birds”, Fra Angelico’s fresco “The Annunciation”, and Mantegna’s painting “Madonna and Child with Cherubim”[.] This was followed up by some readings anent the development of painting and the Renaissance. R. H. Robson read a paper on “Vittorino da Feltre”, a Renaissance Schoolmaster & a “Romance of Federigo, Duke of Urbino”, illustrated by a Medici card reproduction of Piero della Francesca’s portrait of Duke Federigo. Mr Burrow read extracts from Children of the Olden Time [sic] by Eliz[abe]th Godfrey particularly on the education of Royal Children.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

27 Feb 1930

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

[Unidentified member of the XII Book Club]

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

1860

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Quaker or associated with the Friends

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

members of XII Book Club


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Howard Smith

Title:

Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 3 Dec 1929

Genre:

Minutes

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Notebook

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

29362

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

n/a

Title:

Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 24 Jan 1930.

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

pp. 198–199

Citation:

[Unidentified member of the XII Book Club], Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 24 Jan 1930. private collection, p. pp. 198–199, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29362, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).

   
   
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