Record Number: 5781

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "[Gabriel] Harvey and Thomas Smith, Jr., read through the third decade [of Livy's Romanae historiae principis, in Harvey's copy], the story of Hannibal, in one week in 1570-71 ... Harvey records that they read along with Livy the military authors Vegetius and Frontinus, and that they did so critically ..."

Century:

1500-1599

Date:

Between 01 01 1570 and 31 12 1571

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambridge
county: Cambridgeshire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Smith, Jr.

Age:

n/a

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

1550

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lawyer

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Thomas Smith

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Livy

Title:

Romanae historiae principis, Decades tres cum dimidia

Genre:

Classics, History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Basel, 1555

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5781

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Stephen A. Barney

Title:

Annotation and Its Texts

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

n/a

Page:

114

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Stephen A. Barney (ed.), Annotation and Its Texts, (New York, 1991), p. 114, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5781, accessed: 18 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None