Record Number: 30793

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Round by San Vitale and Galla Placidia's tomb — such a dark beautiful blue in the morning light and home to the hotel where we met Mr Hogarth who took us to the Library and showed us the only Aristophanes MS in the world, of the 10th cent, and a Dante said to have been written by [Dante's son] Pietro which I opened and read "Sieda [sic] la terra dove nata fui." Guido de Polenta's house is just opposite Dante's tomb.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

16 Apr 1896

Country:

Italy

Time

morning

Place:

city: Ravenna
specific address: unspecified 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:

Gertrude Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Jul 1868

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Oxford graduate, language student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor

Religion:

Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist

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:

Dante Alighieri

Title:

La Divina Commedia (Canto V)

Genre:

History, Poetry, Politics

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30793

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk,

Additional Information:

Diary entry, 16 April 1896, Venice, http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1653

Citation:

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk,, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30793, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None