Record Number: 5784

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "In 1576-77, just before Philip Sidney went on his mission to the Emperor Rudolph II in Prague, he and [Gabriel] Harvey read books 1-3 of the first decade [of Livy's Romanae historiae], which embrace the early history of Rome and its passage from monarchy to republic."

Century:

1500-1599

Date:

Between 1576 and 1577

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Gabriel Harvey and Philip Sidney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA
Professional/aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

T. Livii Patavini

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:

5784

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=5784, accessed: 18 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None