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Record 11993

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'And being in bed, made Will read and conster three or four Latin verses in the bible and chid him for forgetting the grammer.'
Century: 1600-1699
Date: 20 Jul 1663
Country: England
Time: evening: before bed
night
Place: city: London
specific address: Seething Lane
location in dwelling: at home, in Pepys's chamber
   
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:Will Hewer
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Servant
Occupation: Servant of Samuel Pepys
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
master Samuel Pepys
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [unknown]
Title: Paris Vulgate [or] Latin Testament
Genre: Bible, Other religious
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Vulgate - 1618
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11993  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Pepys
  Editor: Robert Latham
  Title: The diary of Samuel Pepys
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1970
  Vol: 4
  Page: 236
  Additional comments: Co-editor William Matthews

Citation: Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 4, p. 236, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11993, accessed: 19 April 2024

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