Record Number: 6176

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: 3 pages of ms notes (pencil) on binding pages in form of references giving Book, chapter /verse and a short note on content eg 'Exodus ... 14 ... bees'. The notes are now rubbed and difficult to decipher.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1811 and 31 Dec 1811

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Fife

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New; translated out of the original tongues, ?

Genre:

Bible, Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Cambridge : printed by John Archdeacon, and sold by John, Francis, [et al] in London, 1790

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6176

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: "The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New; translated out of the original tongues, ?," (Cambridge, 1790), binding pages, [DH LIB 1789]. ,

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: "The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New; translated out of the original tongues, ?," (Cambridge, 1790), binding pages, [DH LIB 1789]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6176, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

One of several bibles in the library of a Scottish landed family. There is no provenance but the date of experience is inferred from an inscription "May 27th 1811... Aug 26th Monday 1811". Given the dates, the most likely reader is a member of the Erskine family.