| 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'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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: 02 December 2023 |
| From the style of the annotations it is likely that these were done before the item came into Erskine hands. |
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