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Record 7797

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Marginalia]: occasional marginal marks, numbers and comments throughout text, with further brief notes referring to text on 5 binding pages. Combination of ink and faded pencil. Comments in the text are elaborations eg.: p. 226 text reads '... a castle, which in the English language is call'd Cnobheresburg [?] ...' has ms note 'Burgh Castle in Suffolk'.
Century: 1700-1799
Date: unknown
Country: unknown
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:H. Wansey
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: unknown
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: unknown
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: Identity of reader is tentatively inferred from only provenance: 'H. Wansey Bath', which is repeated several times

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Venerable Bede
Title: Ecclesiastical history of the English Nation, from the coming of Julius Caesar, into this island, in the 60th year before the incarnation of Christ, till the year of our Lord 731. Written in Latin by Venerable Bede, and now translated into English fro
Genre: History
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: London: Printed for J. Batley and T. Meighan, 1723
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7797  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Eskines of Torrie in Fife: Bede, the Venerable, Saint , "The ecclesiastical history of the English Nation, from the coming of Julius Caesar, into this island, in the 60th year before the incarnation of Christ, till the year of our Lord 731. Written in Latin by Venerable Bede, and now translated into English from Dr. Smith's edition. To which is added the life of the author. Also explanatory notes", (London, 1723), various pages, [DH LIB 1206],

Citation: Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Eskines of Torrie in Fife: Bede, the Venerable, Saint , "The ecclesiastical history of the English Nation, from the coming of Julius Caesar, into this island, in the 60th year before the incarnation of Christ, till the year of our Lord 731. Written in Latin by Venerable Bede, and now translated into English from Dr. Smith's edition. To which is added the life of the author. Also explanatory notes", (London, 1723), various pages, [DH LIB 1206], http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7797, accessed: 28 April 2024

Additional comments:

From the style of the annotations it is likely that these were done before the item came into Erskine hands.

 

 

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