Record Number: 30795

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I went up to the Musee this morning and read a Persian life of Hafez with a Latin crib. I think I got at the meaning of it with the help of a Persian dictionary, but a Latin translation is not so clear to me as it might be.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

14 Apr 1896

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
specific address: probably the British Museum
location in dwelling: Reading Room

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:

Gertrude Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Jul 1868

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Oxford graduate, language student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor

Religion:

Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist

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 unknown

Title:

[Biography of Hafiz]

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30795

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk,

Additional Information:

Letter from Gertrude Bell to Hugh Bell, 14 May 1896, London, http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=837

Citation:

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk,, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30795, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

It has not been possible so far using standard library database searching to positively identity this biography.