Record Number: 34501

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'This weeke after a long restraint, God was pleased to sett mee at liberty againe; I went abroad now commonly againe to any of my friends & neighbours houses; in my restraint I read over Meads [sic] "Clavis Apocalyptica".'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

19 Mar 1647

Country:

Church of England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Earls Coyne
county: Essex

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:

Ralph Josselin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

23 Jan 1617

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Clergyman

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Church of England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Joseph Mede

Title:

Clavis Apocalyptica

Genre:

Other religious, Eschatology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Cambridge: T. & J. Buck, 1627

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

34501

Source:

Print

Author:

Ralph Josselin

Editor:

E. Hockliffe

Title:

The Diary of the Rev. Ralph Josselin

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1908

Vol:

n/a

Page:

48

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ralph Josselin, E. Hockliffe (ed.), The Diary of the Rev. Ralph Josselin, (London, 1908), p. 48, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34501, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Read in Latin. Full title: Clavis Apocalyptica ex innatis et insitis visionum characteribus eruta et demonstrata, etc. English title of book: 'Key of the Revelation Searched and Demonstrated'.