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1. Add MS 88942

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Add MS 88942
Title:
The Papers of William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877)
Scope & Content:
The British Library collection contains notebooks, letters, photographs, diaries, unbound Assyriological and mathematical folios, natural specimens in herbaria, offprints of Talbot’s articles, patents, artefacts and a small selection of books from Talbot’s library. Whilst the covering dates of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
Date Range:
1732-1952
Extent:

849 files

2. Add MS 88942/1

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Add MS 88942/1
Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Notebooks and loose notes
Scope & Content:
Talbot's notebooks testify to his wide-ranging intellectual and practical scientific interests, which extended far beyond pioneering photographic research and invention to encompass research in mathematics, optics, astronomy, botany, horticulture, Assyriology, philology, and many associated aven...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
Date Range:
1778-1877
Extent:
386 folders

3. Add MS 88942/1/26-37

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Add MS 88942/1/26-37
Title:
Talbot: Notebooks 'A'-'M'
Scope & Content:
Notebook 'I' from this sequence (which only came to light at a later stage in the cataloguing of Talbot's papers) is Add MS 88942/1/348.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Persian, Spanish, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1840-1877
Extent:
12 notebooks

4. Add MS 88942/1/36

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Add MS 88942/1/36
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('L')
Scope & Content:
The notebook is part of a larger series and probably continues Notebook 'K' (Add MS 88942/1/35). Talbot starts with thoughts about Greek mythology, but then moves on to the etymology of words, names and places, mainly in English and Greek, but also in other languages, mainly German, later also i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, English, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1848-1852
Extent:
1 notebook (100 folios, 197 pages of text)

5. Add MS 88942/1/68

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Add MS 88942/1/68
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Rough 1')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains notes on the Assyrian glossary and starts with an index of words in the front cover. It summarises from notebooks Talbot used at the Athenaeum Club (see Add MS 88942/1/107, and Add MS 88942/1/114-120). Talbot was elected to the Athenaeum in 1824. This notebook is part of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
between 1866-1868
Extent:
1 notebook (16 folios, 32 pages of text)

6. Add MS 88942/1/68-86

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Add MS 88942/1/68-86
Title:
Talbot: 'Rough' Notebooks 1-20
Scope & Content:
A series of 'Rough' notebooks, numbered 1-20 ('Rough 5' is missing).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1866-[1871]
Extent:
19 notebooks

7. Add MS 88942/1/69

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Add MS 88942/1/69
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Rough 2')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes on the Assyrian glossary and has an index of words in the front cover. It collects notes from notebooks Talbot started at the Athenaeum Club (see Add MS 88942/1/107, and Add MS 88942/1/114-120. The notebook is part of a series of 20 notebooks (Add MS 88942/1/68-86) o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
between 1866-1868
Extent:
1 notebook (16 folios, 27 pages of text)

8. Add MS 88942/1/70

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Add MS 88942/1/70
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Rough No. 3')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes on the Assyrian glossary and has an index of words in the front cover. It collects notes from notebooks Talbot started at the Athenaeum Club (see Add MS 88942/1/107, and Add MS 88942/1/114-120). The notebook is part of a series of 20 notebooks (Add MS 88942/1/68-86) ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
between 1866-1868
Extent:
1 notebook (16 folios, 29 pages of text)

9. Add MS 88942/1/71

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Add MS 88942/1/71
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ([Rough] '4')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes on the Assyrian glossary and has an index of words in the front cover. It collects notes from notebooks Talbot started at the Athenaeum Club (see Add MS 88942/1/107, and Add MS 88942/1/114-120). The notebook is part of a series of 20 notebooks (Add MS 88942/1/68-86) ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
between 1866-1868
Extent:
1 notebook (16 folios, 27 pages of text)

10. Add MS 88942/1/72

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Add MS 88942/1/72
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Rough 6')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes on the Assyrian glossary and has an index of words in the front cover. It collects notes from notebooks Talbot started at the Athenaeum Club (see Add MS 88942/1/107, and Add MS 88942/1/114-120). The notebook is part of a series of 20 notebooks (Add MS 88942/1/68-86) o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 41 pages of text)