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Record Number: 29367

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at Reckitt House 27/2/30

R. H. Robson in the chair
1. Minutes of last Meeting approved
5. The subject of �Medieval Social Life� which by some strange metamorphosis had changed into �Renaissance Social Life� was then taken. Mrs T. C. Elliott read a paper on �Domestic Life in the Fifteenth Century as seen in the Paston Letters�. Alfred Rawlings read a paper on �Medieval Artists and their Methods�, illustrated by Medici reproductions of Giotto�s fresco St. �Francis: the birds�, Fra Angelico�s fresco �The Annunciation�, and Mantegna�s painting �Madonna and Child with Cherubim�[.] This was followed up by some readings anent the development of painting and the Renaissance.

R. H. Robson read a paper on �Vittorino da Feltre�, a Renaissance Schoolmaster & a �Romance of Federigo, Duke of Urbino�, illustrated by a Medici card reproduction of Piero della Francesca�s portrait of Duke Federigo. Mr Burrow read extracts from Children of the Olden Time [sic] by Eliz[abe]th Godfrey particularly on the education of Royal Children.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

27 Feb 1930

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Reckitt House

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Reginald H. Robson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1877

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Quaker or associated with the Friends

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

members of XII Book Club

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Romance of Federigo, Duke of Urbino

Genre:

History, Romance (Whether in verse or prose is unclear from the source)

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29367

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

n/a

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

pp. 198�199

Additional Information:

Howard Smith was secretary to the XII Book Club 1923-1931. However, from the handwriting, it appears that he was not the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

[Unidentified member of the XII Book Club], XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31), private collection, pp. 198�199, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29367, accessed: 04 February 2026

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Additional Comments:

Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).