Record Number: 33987
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I sat on my roof and went on with my manuscripts, distracted by bevies of women wanting medicines for what they call 'wind', i.e. pains from sitting in their perpetual draughts with no clothes under their gowns. The manuscripts are pleasant to read here: all the raids and battles, talk of the places I know, and the turbulent medieval life rises vivid before one.
Century:1900-1945
Date:5 Jan 1938
Country:Yemen
Timen/a
Place:city: Huraidha
county: Hadhramaut
location in dwelling: rooftop
(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:31 Jan 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Explorer and travel writer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Yemen
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unidentified Yemeni manuscripts]
Genre:History, Politics, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33987
Source:Freya Stark
Editor:n/a
Title:The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:n/a
Page:190
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 190, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33987, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. Stark was in the process of copying out by hand a number of Yemeni (medieval) manuscripts.
