Record Number: 33989
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I have found what I hope is an unknown and useful manuscript of local history and am copying it out. It has a nice miracle recorded. Someone made fun of a holy man at his prayers: the holy man, without turning round or interrupting his devotions for one instant, turned the scoffer's face into the face of a pig.
Century:1900-1945
Date:9 Jan 1938
Country:Yemen
Timen/a
Place:city: Huraidha
county: Hadhramaut
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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 manuscript
Genre:Other religious, History, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33989
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:192
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 192, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33989, accessed: 17 August 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.