Record Number: 6176
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia]: 3 pages of ms notes (pencil) on binding pages in form of references giving Book, chapter /verse and a short note on content eg 'Exodus ... 14 ... bees'. The notes are now rubbed and difficult to decipher.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1811 and 31 Dec 1811
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:county: Fife
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:Unknown
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New; translated out of the original tongues, ?
Genre:Bible, Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsCambridge : printed by John Archdeacon, and sold by John, Francis, [et al] in London, 1790
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:6176
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: "The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New; translated out of the original tongues, ?," (Cambridge, 1790), binding pages, [DH LIB 1789].
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: "The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New; translated out of the original tongues, ?," (Cambridge, 1790), binding pages, [DH LIB 1789]. , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6176, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
One of several bibles in the library of a Scottish landed family. There is no provenance but the date of experience is inferred from an inscription "May 27th 1811... Aug 26th Monday 1811". Given the dates, the most likely reader is a member of the Erskine family.