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Record 22758

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, (anon) 'An Hymne to our Redeemer'. Copied in spaces between other entries in the commonplace book. Lyttelton signals the continuation of the hymn across the six pages with a series of asterisks.
Century: 1600-1699, 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1670 and 31 Dec 1713
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Elizabeth Lyttelton
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1648
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: unknown
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: anon
Title: An Hymne to our Redeemer
Genre: Other religious, Poetry
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22758  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Elizabeth Lyttelton
  Title: Elizabeth Lyttelton's Commonplace Book
  Location: Cambridge University Library
  Call no: MS Add. 8460
  Page/folio: 3v

Citation: Elizabeth Lyttelton, Elizabeth Lyttelton's Commonplace Book Cambridge University Library, p. MS Add. 8460, p. 3v, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22758, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

By kind permission of Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online (http://scriptorium.english.cam.ac.uk/). See http://scriptorium.english.cam.ac.uk/manuscripts/images/index.php?ms=Add.8640&page=8 for digitised image.

 

 

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