Techquila

Two short entries posted today.

In the entry for 1st October, the following events are modelled:

• Samuel and Elizabeth have a discussion about music and about singing lessons for Elizabeth.
• Theodore Goodgroome arrives and Samuel and Elizabeth have a singing lesson with him.
• Samuel works at the Navy Office
• Samuel works on his papers at home.
• Samuel has supper of bread and cheese.

For the 2nd October the following events are modelled:

• Samuel, Thomas Fenner and Margaret Kite spend the morning appraising Margaret's inheritance.
• The trio go to a cookshop on Bishopsgate Street for dinner.
• Samuel buys some sack wine for Thomas Fenner and Margaret Kite at an unamed tavern. The diary does not say if the three of them drank anything there.
• Samuel and Elizabeth take a coach to the Theatre Royal.
• A performance of John Webster's play 'Vittoria Corombona' or 'The White Devil' at the Theatre Royal.
• Samuel and Elizabeth take a coach home from the theatre.

New and updated topic maps:

Topic map for 1st October.

Topic map for 2nd October.

Culture in the diary.

People in the diary.

The entry for 29th September is quite simple. With just four events: Samuel going to church (twice), a dinner hosted by the Pepys' and a supper hosted by the Penns.

The entry for 30th September is quite long. I have chosen to focus only on Samuel's own actions rather than the detail of the battle between the French and the Spanish, so the battle itself is referred to only by a single event using a new type 'conflict".

The rest of the days events are principally movements from one place to another, all modelled as travelling events. Samuel's first event of the day was to travel to Whitehall to meet Henry Moore, who did not turn up - hence that is modelled as a travelling-event rather than a meeting-event. Where possible in the rest of the days movements I have recorded the (approximate) start and end points and the mode of travel for each move.

New and updated topic maps:

Topic map for 29th September.

Topic map for 30th September.

Core ontology for the diary.

People in the diary.

Places in the diary.

In the entry for 27th September we find a form of gift event. Lady Montague receives grapes and melons sent by her husband and brought by Captain Country. This is modelled as a gift-event, with a new role of 'courier' added which is played by Country:

[event-16610927-05 : gift-event = "Richard Country brings exotic fruits from Sir Edward Montague (27th September 1661)";"16610927-05"]
occurs(event-16610927-05 : event, today : on)
participation(event-16610927-05 : event,
jemima-montague : recipient,
richard-country : courier,
sir-edward-montague : giver,
melons : gift,
grapes : gift,
wardrobe-court : place)

A similar form is used for the melons delivered to Samuel - although in this case the courier is not known.

The entry for 28th September is very straightforward with only four events modelled. The play "Father's Own Son" is a comedy written by John Fletcher and also known as "Monsieur Thomas".

New and updated topic maps:

Topic map for 27th September.

Topic map for 28th September.

Core ontology for the diary.

Culture in the diary.

People in the diary.

Places in the diary.