| Evidence: | 'In the preface to Thomas Wilson's "The arte of Rhetorike, for the use of all such as are studious of Eloquence" (1567), the text recounts God's granting the gift of eloquence [to men] [...] Next to this passage Harvey inscribes his symbol for eloquence, the planetary sign of Mercury.' |
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| Century: | 1500-1599, 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1567 and 7 Feb 1630 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Gabriel Harvey |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1545 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer/Academic |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Wilson |
| Title: | The arte of Rhetorike, for the use of all such as are studious of Eloquence |
| Genre: | Textbook / self-education, Rhetoric |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1567 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 9539 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Virginia F. Stern | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Gabriel Harvey: His Life, Marginalia and Library | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1979 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 141 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Virginia F. Stern, Gabriel Harvey: His Life, Marginalia and Library (Oxford, 1979), p. 141, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9539, accessed: 29 March 2023 | |
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