| 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. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1811 and 31 Dec 1811 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Fife | ||||||||||
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| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| 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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6176, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
| 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. |
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