Evidence: | [Marginalia]: ms note in Latin on inside front cover may or may not be connected with the text as the book has evidence of its young owner using the blank spaces to play around with versions of his name and dates. Chpt 7 has every fifth line numbered in pencil for ease of reference and is initialed and dated at the end. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1777 and 1784 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Fife | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | William Erskine |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 30 Mar 1770 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | Army Officer and Landowner |
Religion: | Anglican? |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | Reader inferred from various inscriptions. |
Author: | Virgil |
Title: | Works |
Genre: | Classics, Textbook / self-education |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 6224 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: [Virgil], '[Works]', [lacks title page], Chpt. VII, [DH LIB 1648]., |
Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: [Virgil], '[Works]', [lacks title page], Chpt. VII, [DH LIB 1648]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6224, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
One of several school textbooks which have survived in the family library. Though it is possible that the book was used by more than one of the children, it only has the provenance of William. The date of the inscriptions confirms that it is the eldest son of the main generation responsible for the library. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)