| Evidence: | Marginal notes in a seventeenth-century Bible by three males, presumably brothers and probably children. The notes are scattered throughout the book and consist mainly of handwriting practice. However, the three boys also identify themselves and demonstrate some interaction with the text of the book:
1. Frontispiece and page facing frontispiece: Richard Solly signs his name and writes 'Richard Solly his Book'
2. Frontispiece: Brother Michael Solly writes 'Michael Solly, not his Book' and proceeds to puncture the pages to form the shape of his initials
3. Page facing preface: Stephen (spelt also Stiven) Solly signs his name and writes 'Stephen Solly was born the 15 day of June and was Baptised the 19 day in the year 1706' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Stephen Solly |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 15 Jun 1706 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | child |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Bible |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1615, Robert Barker, London |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 13949 | |
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| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Bible | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1615 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | preface | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Bible (London, 1615), p. preface, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13949, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| This material included by kind permission of James Griffin. The date of the book is difficult to state correctly. The Old and New Testaments are dated 1613; the concordances (one title verso of which carries the 'Michael Solly' entry) are 1615; there is also a C-clef psalter at the back which bears the date 1619. However, it is clear that all these were brought together at some date after 1619 such that the Solly family owned the whole. |
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