Record Number: 30812
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Long dull day. Read "Dead Man's Book" [?] all afternoon.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:26 Apr 1898
Country:Japan
Timeafternoon
Place:city: Kobe harbour
Shizuoka Province, Honshu Island
specific address: on board the steamer Belgic
(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:Japan
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:?The Book of the Dead
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30812
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 26 April 1898 hhttp://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1817
Citation:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30812, accessed: 05 October 2024
Additional Comments:
The identity of the text being read is unclear from the diary entry. No title 'Dead Man's Book' has been identified. The Egyptian 'Book of the Dead' is a possible candidate (The Tibetan 'Book of the Dead' was not published in translation until much later.