Record Number: 30889
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'There travels with them an agreeable man called Pontremoli, who wrote an excellent book on the temple of Apollo Didymus. I've just read the book and I shall see the temple shortly so it has been interesting talking to him about it.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:27 Jun 1907
Country:England OR at sea (Mediterranean)
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:Female
Date of Birth:16 Jul 1868
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Linguist, traveller, archaeologist, yet to take up formal occupation as political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England OR at sea (Mediterranean)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author:Emmanuel Pontremoli (and Bernard Haussoullier
Title:Didymes: Fouilles de 1895 et 1896
Genre:archaeology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPari : E. Leroux, 1904
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30889
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell 29 March 1907 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=1570
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=30889, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
The date range and place for this reading experience is speculative. It may well have been very recently or it could have been several weeks earlier in England and only now mentioned because of meeting the author on board the S.S. 'Saghalien'.
