Record Number: 30775
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Read some of the Farinata Canto [Canto 10 of "La Divina Commedia"]'
Century:1850-1899
Date:14 Feb 1894
Country:Italy
Timeafternoon
Place:city: Florence
county: Tuscany
specific address: unspecified lodgings
(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:Female
Date of Birth:16 Jul 1868
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Oxford graduate, language student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor
Religion:Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:La Divina Commedia
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsprobably in Italian, see additional comments
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30775
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 14 February 1894. http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1528
Citation:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30775, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Although Gertrude Bell's biographer suggests she only took Italian lessons in 1896, on a later visit, (Howell 2006, p.423) later diary entriesfrom 1894 visit e.g. on 2 February http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1518 suggests that she was already taking Italian lessons and reading Dante in the original.