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
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(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: Title:Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 3 Dec 1929
Genre:Minutes
Form of Text:Manuscript: Notebook
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancen/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).