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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1450-1499
1500-1599		'Written by a scribe named Salthows between 1140 and 1450, probably in Norfolk, [British Library] MS Add. 61823 is considered to be an early copy [of The Book of Margery ...Carthusian monks of Mount Grace PrioryMargery KempeThe Book of Margery KempeManuscript: Unknown
1450-1499
1500-1599		'Written by a scribe named Salthows between 1140 and 1450, probably in Norfolk, [British Library] MS Add. 61823 is considered to be an early copy [of The Book of Margery ...Margery KempeThe Book of Margery KempeManuscript: Unknown
1450-1499Susan Schibanoff, "Taking the Gold out of Egypt: The Art of Reading as a Woman": "In 1473, Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, came across a French version of the Liber Philo...Anthony Woodville Earl Rivers Liber Philosophorum Moralium AntiquorumUnknown
1450-1499'In 1477 William Caxton presented his "History of Jason" to the 6-year-old future Edward V. Edward IV, the little prince's father, had instructed the child's governor tha...King Edward V William CaxtonHistory of JasonPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		For his carriage and deportment in his Family, it was sober, grave, and very Religious. He there offered up the Morning and Evening Sacrifice of Prayer, and praise conti...John Carter [n/a]ScripturesPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		'He continued in the Colledge for the space of nine years, and in all that time (except he went forth a Town to his friends) he was never absent from morning Prayers in t...William Gouge ScripturesPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		"According to [James] Johnstoun, his supplement [to Sidney's Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia] grew out of his affection for Sidney's romance. Having read the Arcadia over...James Johnstoun Sir Philip SidneyThe Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaUnknown
1500-1599
1600-1699		" ... [Sir John] Suckling, coming across what he called 'an imperfect Copy' of [Shakespeare's The Rape of] Lucrece, decided to compose his own 'Supplement.'"Sir John Suckling William ShakespeareThe Rape of LucreceUnknown
1500-1599
1600-1699		" ... [John] Donne describes his 'poor Library, where to cast mine eye upon good Authors kindles or refreshes sometimes meditations not unfit to communicate to near frien...John Donne various textsUnknown
1500-1599
1600-1699		Anthony Grafton, in "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy," notes Harvey's reading of Lambert Daneau's Silva "of political aphorisms" (1583), "a now forgo...Gabriel Harvey Lambert DaneauPoliticorum aphorismorum silvaPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		Anthony Grafton, in "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy," notes Harvey's reading, and light annotation, of Niccolo Machiavelli, The Art of War.Gabriel Harvey Niccolo MachiavelliThe Art of WarPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		Extracted by G. C. Moore Smith from J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps, "Memoranda on the Tragedy of Hamlet"(1879): 'There was once in existence a copy of Speght's edition of Chau...Gabriel Harvey Geoffrey ChaucerWorksPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		Gabriel Harvey's Commonplace Book (Add.Ms., 32, 494 British Museum) contains transcribed quotations from "Cyvile and uncyvile Lyfe" (1579).Gabriel Harvey Cyvile and uncyvile LyfePrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		'In 1568 [Gabriel] Harvey purchased a copy of Aristotle's "Organon"; in 1572 he was given a copy of Aristotle's "Rhetoric". Both Greek texts were copiously annotated and ...Gabriel Harvey Aristotle RhetoricPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		'About 1570 [Gabriel] Harvey purchased and read the [italics]Academia[end italics] of Audomarus Talaeus, a close associate and disciple of [Peter] Ramus in his programme ...Gabriel Harvey Audomarus TalaeusAcademiaPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		'From [...] [1578] [Gabriel] Harvey bought and studied a number of Italian grammars and texts, also some in French and some in Spanish.' Gabriel Harvey unknownItalian grammarsPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		'From [...] [1578] [Gabriel] Harvey bought and studied a number of Italian grammars and texts, also some in French and some in Spanish.' Gabriel Harvey unknownSpanish grammarsPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		'From [...] [1578] [Gabriel] Harvey bought and studied a number of Italian grammars and texts, also some in French and some in Spanish.' Gabriel Harvey unknownFrench grammarsPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		'Throughout [Gabriel] Harvey's copy of [Lord Henry Howard's "A Defensative against the poyson of supposed prophesies"] are underlinings and comments [on the necessity of ...Gabriel Harvey Lord Henry Howard, Earl of NorthamptonA Defensative against the poyson of supposed proph...Print: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		'In 1584 [Gabriel Harvey] had acquired [...] Hugkel's "Semeiotice", 1560, a medical text which bases its diagnoses on Galenic theory and the four humours [...] The inscri...Gabriel Harvey Jacob HugkelSemeioticePrint: Book


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