Record Number: 12635
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Tis true they have no public places but the bagnios...I was three days ago at one of the finest in the town, and had the opportunity of seeing a Turksih bride recieved there, and all the ceremonies used on that occasion, which made me recollect the epithalamium of Helen, by Theocritus.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 10 Apr 1718 and 19 May 1718
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:n/a
Date of Birth:1689
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Daughter of the fifth Earl of Kingston upon Hull. Wife of the British Ambassador to Constantinople.
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Idyll 18
Genre:Classics, Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12635
Source:Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu
Editor:R. Brimley Johnson
Title:Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1906
Vol:n/a
Page:167
Additional Comments:
Letter from Wortley Montagu to her sister, the Countess of Mar. Taken from the Kessinger Publishing's Reprint of 1906 edition published by J.M.Dent
Citation:
Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762, (London, 1906), n/a, p. 167, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12635, accessed: 07 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter was written from Constantinople
