Record Number: 7258
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia]: substantially annotated throughout usually in the form of marks (| or *) in the text, to highlight points or sections of interest - usually points of translation - with ms notes, usually in English but some in Persian (ex. p. 436/7) in the margins: eg. p. 301 text = 'Alii in collibus congregati sunt, alii in vallibus', has ms note = 'incorrect in the original as well as in the translation'; p. 381 a line of Persian is marked and in the margin is the translation 'In battle he is a lion-fighting dragon'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1800 and 1836
Country:Scotland or India
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:Apr 1776
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:East India Company writer, later landowner
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland or India
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
Identity of reader inferred from only provenance in the item
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Poeseos Asiaticae commentariorum libri sex, cum appendice; subjicitur Limon seu miscellaneorum liber: auctore Gulielmo Jones
Genre:Literature
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: E. typographeo Richardsoniano ? veneunt apud T. Cadell, 1774
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7258
Source - Manuscript:Other
Author:Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Jones, William, "Poeseos Asiaticae commentariorum libri sex, cum appendice; subjicitur Limon seu miscellaneorum liber: auctore Gulielmo Jones", (London, 1774), various pages, [DH LIB 962],
Citation:Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Jones, William, "Poeseos Asiaticae commentariorum libri sex, cum appendice; subjicitur Limon seu miscellaneorum liber: auctore Gulielmo Jones", (London, 1774), various pages, [DH LIB 962], http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7258, accessed: 01 May 2024
Additional Comments:
The style of the annotations and the subject match those of other items annotated by J D Erskine. The start of the date range given for the annotations, is approximate, based on his career in India. He died in 1836.
