Record Number: 33856

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Diary entry. September 19th, 1831: "He showed me his Benedictine edition of Gregory. It is in high preservation, & very beautiful. I will get one like it, whenever I have next the use of Fortunatus’s purse –or any purse, heavy enough. He allowed me to read a part of the Apologetic, out of it ; a high privilege, granted on solemnly enforced conditions of not leaning my arm on any part of page. I liked & admired much of what I read. I do like & admire Gregory’s prose!! -& I enjoy reading a beautiful style so much the more, when I can read it with one who enjoys it too –when I read it with Mr. Boyd".

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

19 Sep 1831

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
county: Herefordshire
specific address: Hope End

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:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

Evangelical

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:

Gregory of Nazianzus

Title:

Apologeticus

Genre:

Other religious, Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Gregory Nazianzen, Saint. Opera Omnia quae extant vel ejus nomine circumferunter. Vol. 1. Parisiis, 1778

Provenance

borrowed (private library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33856

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson

Title:

Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Place of Publication:

Athens, OH

Date of Publication:

1969

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

Diary entry. September 19th, 1831

Citation:

Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33856, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Editors' notes: - Subsequently given to EBB, it [this edition of Gregory] appeard as Lot 717 in the 1913 Browing Sale (Sancti Patris Nostri Gregorii… Nazianzeni… Opera Omnia, Quae Extant… vol. I, Parisiis, 1778). - Fortunatus possessed an inexhaustible purse and a wishing cap; both he and his osns were eventually ruined by these magic gifts (RE). - τούτοις ἐγὼ σύνειμι: “with these [thoughts] I am occupied. A marginal note by EBB in WG, p. 30, records: “I read from this place with Mr. Boyd. Sept. 19th 1831” and indicates that the reading continued to the foot of p. 32 (112 lines). Another note in WG, at the commencement of the “Apologeticus”, records this as being “a very fine passage”. BOOK DETAILS: A1091] Gregory Nazianzen, Saint. Opera Omnia quae extant vel ejus nomine circumferunter. Vol. 1. Parisiis, 1778. § Inscribed by HSB on fly-leaf: H. S. Boyd. May 26th. 1804. Boyd’s later autograph also appears, above which is written: This Book to be given to my very dear Friend Elizabeth Barrett Barrett. § Browning Collections, lot 717, purchased by Tregaskis. [ABL]