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: 05 December 2023 |
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