Record Number: 5794

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Anthony Grafton, in "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy," notes Harvey's reading of Lambert Daneau's Silva "of political aphorisms" (1583), "a now forgotten work by a Calvinist minister chiefly remembered for his unsuccesful attempts to impose a natural science based on the Bible on the Protestant curriculum, and a church order based on the 'Genevan Inquisition' on the liberal citizens and professors of Leiden." Continues: "Harvey's copy of Daneau has so far evaded discovery, but his references are so frequent and precise as to make it clear that thet were not conventional. He read the work as soon as it appeared, excitedly referring to its newness, and often praised it as a source of pungent and precise political axioms."

Century:

1500-1599, 1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambridge
county: Cambridgeshire
specific address: Master's chambers, Trinity Hall

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Gabriel Harvey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1550

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

read with Thomas Preston, Master of Trinity Hall

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lambert Daneau

Title:

Politicorum aphorismorum silva

Genre:

Other religious, Politics, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1583

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5794

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Stephen A. Barney

Title:

Annotation and Its Texts

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

n/a

Page:

116

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Stephen A. Barney (ed.), Annotation and Its Texts (New York, 1991), p. 116, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5794, accessed: 27 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None