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Literacy

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  • Cupid learning to read the letters of the alphabet. Engraving after A. Allegri, il Corrreggio.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child: she teaches him to read. Engraving by F. Curti after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • An Egyptian man sits beside his hooka writing a letter, he is watched by his client, a woman. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.
  • A young shepherdess reading an improving book while looking after her flock. Line engraving by C. Mellan, 1680.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Literacy and social development in the West : a reader / edited by Harvey J. Graff.

    | Date: 1981
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Cupid learning to read the letters of the alphabet. Engraving after A. Allegri, il Corrreggio.

    Correggio, 1489?-1534. | Reference: 23691i
    • Books

    From memory to written record in England, 1066-1307 / by M.T. Clanchy.

    Clanchy, M. T. | Date: 1979
    • Journals

    Statistical yearbook = Annuaire statistique / Unesco.

    | Date: 1964-
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A young shepherdess reading an improving book while looking after her flock. Line engraving by C. Mellan, 1680.

    Mellan, Claude, 1598-1688. | Date: [1680] | Reference: 672373i
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