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Record 7792

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Marginalia]: marginal marks (*) and dates throughout the guidebook, with v.2 more heavily marked than v.1.: eg. p.376-7 against the text line 'L'Eglise de St. Francois' is the ms note 'Jan 30 again'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1820 and 31 Dec 1840
Country: Italy
Time: n/a
Place: city: Rome
   
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:Magdalene Erskine
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1787
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Daughter of Scottish landowning family
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: Italy
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: Identity inferred from inscription

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Mariano Vasi
Title: Itineraire instructif de Rome ancienne et moderne ?
Genre: Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Rome: Chez l'Auteur, 1820
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7792  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Vasi, Mariano, Itineraire instructif de Rome ancienne et moderne ?, (Rome, 1820), various pages, [DH LIB 853]. ,

Citation: Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Vasi, Mariano, Itineraire instructif de Rome ancienne et moderne ?, (Rome, 1820), various pages, [DH LIB 853]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7792, accessed: 20 April 2024

Additional comments:

Date range of annotations is suggested by nature of inscription (ie a fairly young Magdalene) and is in a period when she was known from other sources to have been travelling in Europe.

 

 

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