Record Number: 7258
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia]: substantially annotated throughout usually in the form of marks (| or *) in the text, to highlight points or sections of interest - usually points of translation - with ms notes, usually in English but some in Persian (ex. p. 436/7) in the margins: eg. p. 301 text = 'Alii in collibus congregati sunt, alii in vallibus', has ms note = 'incorrect in the original as well as in the translation'; p. 381 a line of Persian is marked and in the margin is the translation 'In battle he is a lion-fighting dragon'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1800 and 1836
Country:Scotland or India
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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:Apr 1776
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:East India Company writer, later landowner
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland or India
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Poeseos Asiaticae commentariorum libri sex, cum appendice; subjicitur Limon seu miscellaneorum liber: auctore Gulielmo Jones
Genre:Literature
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: E. typographeo Richardsoniano ? veneunt apud T. Cadell, 1774
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7258
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Jones, William, "Poeseos Asiaticae commentariorum libri sex, cum appendice; subjicitur Limon seu miscellaneorum liber: auctore Gulielmo Jones", (London, 1774), various pages, [DH LIB 962]
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Jones, William, "Poeseos Asiaticae commentariorum libri sex, cum appendice; subjicitur Limon seu miscellaneorum liber: auctore Gulielmo Jones", (London, 1774), various pages, [DH LIB 962], http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7258, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
The style of the annotations and the subject match those of other items annotated by J. D. Erskine. The start of the date range given for the annotations, is approximate, based on his career in India. He died in 1836.
