Record Number: 2245

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Byron to Thomas Moore, 6 November 1816: 'Among many things at Milan, one pleased me particularly, viz. the correspondence ... of Lucretia Borgia wth Cardinal Bembo ... I ... wished sorely to get a copy of one or two of the letters, but is was prohibited ... so I only got some of them by heart. They are kept in the Ambrosian Library, which I often visited to look them over ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1816 and 31 Oct 1816

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Milan
specific address: Ambrosian Library

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:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1788

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Cardinal; Lucretia Bembo; de Borgia

Title:

letters

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter, Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2245

Source:

Print

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Editor:

Leslie A. Marchand

Title:

Byron's Letters and Journals

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1976

Vol:

5

Page:

123

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1976), 5, p. 123, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2245, accessed: 01 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None