Record Number: 11621

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'This morning I lay long abed; then to my office, where I read all the morning my Spanish book of Rome.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

11 Feb 1660

Country:

England

Time

morning
daytime

Place:

city: London
specific address: Whitehall?
other location: at work, in the office

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:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Naval officer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

Las cosas maravillosas della sancta ciudad de Roma

Genre:

Other religious, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Spanish version of guidebook for pilgrims, 'Mirabilia urbis Romae'

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11621

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

1

Page:

49

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 1, p. 49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11621, accessed: 24 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None