| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: form of marks in text with marginal note e.g. p.82 the word 'abita' in the text is underlined with 'abdita' in the margin; p. 479 the text 'Quin etiam blandas movere per aera cauda' is asterixed with in the margin 'In the lioness this is the mark of anger'. The inside back cover has a note in Latin 'posterior .... supe ... mens ... priores' with a sketch of foliage above which may or may not be connected. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland or India | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Drummond Erskine |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1776 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | East India Company writer/ later a landowner |
| Religion: | Anglican? |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland or India |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Reader identification is tentative and inferred from inscription |
| Author: | Ovid |
| Title: | Metamorphoses, in fifteen books, with the arguments and notes of John Minellius translated into English, to which is marginally added, a prose version ? For the use of schools. By Nathan Bailey |
| Genre: | Classics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | The seventh edition, carefully revised and edited, London: Longman etc , 1793 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 6239 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Ovid "Ovid's Metamorphoses, in fifteen books, with the arguments and notes of John Minellius translated into English, to which is marginally added, a prose version ? For the use of schools. By Nathan Bailey", (London, 1793), various pages [DH LIB 1853]. , |
| Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Ovid "Ovid's Metamorphoses, in fifteen books, with the arguments and notes of John Minellius translated into English, to which is marginally added, a prose version ? For the use of schools. By Nathan Bailey", (London, 1793), various pages [DH LIB 1853]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6239, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
| Though the book was owned by John Drummond Erskine and the annotation is typical of his style (including very typical sketches of heads in profile, which appear in many of his books), there is another inscription "G.D.". This appears to be an adult's work rather than a school book, despite the title. The dates given are those of JDE's adult use of the library. |
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