Record Number: 5781
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "[Gabriel] Harvey and Thomas Smith, Jr., read through the third decade [of Livy's Romanae historiae principis, in Harvey's copy], the story of Hannibal, in one week in 1570-71 ... Harvey records that they read along with Livy the military authors Vegetius and Frontinus, and that they did so critically ..."
Century:1500-1599
Date:Between 01 01 1570 and 31 12 1571
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Cambridge
county: Cambridgeshire
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Smith, Jr.
Age:n/a
Gender:n/a
Date of Birth:1550
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Lawyer
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Thomas Smith
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Romanae historiae principis, Decades tres cum dimidia
Genre:Classics, History, Biography, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsBasel, 1555
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5781
Source:n/a
Editor:Stephen A. Barney
Title:Annotation and Its Texts
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:n/a
Page:114
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Stephen A. Barney (ed.), Annotation and Its Texts, (New York, 1991), p. 114, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5781, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None