Record Number: 12020
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'To church again; and so home to my wife and with her read "Iter boreale", a poem made just at the King's coming home but I never read it before, and now like it pretty well but not so as it was cried up.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:23 Aug 1663
Country:England
Timeevening: after church and before supper
Place:city: London
specific address: Seething Lane
location in dwelling: at home
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:23 Feb 1633
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Perhaps his wife, Elizabeth Pepys, was a listener, or they may have taken it in turns to read to each other?
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Iter boreale
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12020
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:4
Page:285
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 4, p. 285, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12020, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None