Reading Practice and Reading Theory in the Books of Sir Thomas Smith (1513–1577) at Queens' College Old Library, Cambridge.
Sir Thomas Smith (1513–77), ambassador, lawyer, and secretary, was a prolific reader and annotator of his library, which he bequeathed to the Old Library of Queens' College, Cambridge. This article examines Smith's highly visual style of annotation, which involved drawing pictures of people, cities,...
| Publicado en: | Sixteenth Century Journal Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 367 - 388 |
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Summer2026
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