Record Number: 3488
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'On my stand-up table is a post-card & letter from Monsignor Dore of America asking for a reference to the place where "Virgilium vidi tantum" originally occurs in Latin literature. Strangely enough, I have come across it here. It is in Ovid ("Tristia" IX. 10.51)
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 15 Feb 1897
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:Mentone
Type of Experience(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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Editor of the Quarterly Review
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Tristia IV
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:3488
Source:Manuscript
Author:R.E. Prothero
Title:Correspondence from Prothero to John Murray
Location:National Library of Scotland, John Murray Archive
Call No:Acc.12604 NRR Transit Folder 125 (b)
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
At the time of writing, the NLS is recataloguing the Murray Archive. All MS call numbers should be checked at source. This letter is loose in a folder of Prothero's correspondence with Murray. At top RH corner is address & date: Hot. Bellevue, Mentone. Feb 15 1897.
Citation:
R.E. Prothero, Correspondence from Prothero to John Murray, National Library of Scotland, John Murray Archive, Acc.12604 NRR Transit Folder 125 (b), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3488, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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