| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: substantially annotated throughout usually in the form of marks (| or *) in the text, to highlight points or sections of interest - usually points of translation - with ms notes, usually in English but some in Persian (ex. p. 436/7) in the margins: eg. p. 301 text = 'Alii in collibus congregati sunt, alii in vallibus', has ms note = 'incorrect in the original as well as in the translation'; p. 381 a line of Persian is marked and in the margin is the translation 'In battle he is a lion-fighting dragon'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1800 and 1836 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland or India | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Drummond Erskine |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | Apr 1776 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | East India Company writer, later landowner |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland or India |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Identity of reader inferred from only provenance in the item |
| Author: | William Jones |
| Title: | Poeseos Asiaticae commentariorum libri sex, cum appendice; subjicitur Limon seu miscellaneorum liber: auctore Gulielmo Jones |
| Genre: | Literature |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: E. typographeo Richardsoniano ? veneunt apud T. Cadell, 1774 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7258 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Jones, William, "Poeseos Asiaticae commentariorum libri sex, cum appendice; subjicitur Limon seu miscellaneorum liber: auctore Gulielmo Jones", (London, 1774), various pages, [DH LIB 962], |
| Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Jones, William, "Poeseos Asiaticae commentariorum libri sex, cum appendice; subjicitur Limon seu miscellaneorum liber: auctore Gulielmo Jones", (London, 1774), various pages, [DH LIB 962], http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7258, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
| The style of the annotations and the subject match those of other items annotated by J D Erskine. The start of the date range given for the annotations, is approximate, based on his career in India. He died in 1836. |
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