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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 88942/1/52
Title:: Talbot: Notebook (''ξ'')
Scope & Content:: Starting ''Syriac letter'', this notebook explores etymological relations between Syriac and Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Latin, German. Notebook started: 26 Mar 1842.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, English, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Latin, and Syriac
Date Range:: 1842
Extent:: 4 notebook (86 folios, 5 pages of text)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 88942/1/60
Title:: Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:: The notebook entitled ﻋﺭﺐ (Arab) starts 'Lillahi al hhamed u al minath' and contains mainly notes in Arabic (in English script with very few Arabic characters) and a few notes in Persian. Back to front (upside-down): notes (vocabulary) on and translation of 'The Garden and the Nightingale' (fr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, English, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Latin, Persian, and Swedish
Date Range:: 1830s
Extent:: 1 notebook (39 folios, 28 pages of text), 17 loose sheets (17 folios, 33 pages of text)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 88942/1/135-137
Title:: Talbot: Notebooks (''Miscellanea Assyria'')
Scope & Content:: A series of three notebooks.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Akkadian, Arabic, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Latin, Persian, Old, and Syriac
Date Range:: 1853-1855
Extent:: 3 notebooks

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 88942/1/137
Title:: Talbot: Notebook (''Miscellanea Assyria Vol. III'')
Scope & Content:: The notebook contains notes on Assyrian cuneiform text and continues the previous notebook. Talbot tries to find out which elements he can compare with other languages. In the notebook he gives up Greek and Latin for the comparison and works on Semitic languages while refering to Gesen''s Semiot...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Akkadian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Syriac
Date Range:: 1855
Extent:: 1 notebook (46 folios, 93 pages of text)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 88942/1/141
Title:: Talbot: Notebook ('Miscellanea Assyrica')
Scope & Content:: The notebook contains notes on Greek and Assyrian cuneiform text discussing individual Assyrian words and their meaning. It includes a few notes in Arabic, references to Hebrew and to mythology. The inside back cover lists an index of words. Notebook started: Millburn Tower, [Edinburgh], 10 Nov...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Akkadian, Arabic, English, and Hebrew
Date Range:: 1862-[1863]
Extent:: 1 notebook (32 folios, 65 pages of text)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89463/1/2
Title:: Papers relating to service with the Egyptian Army in Sudan
Scope & Content:: Papers relating to Henry de Coëtlogon's role in Sudan. These include: - documents relating to de Coëtlogon's military promotions during and following his service in the Sudan, including his appointment as Kaimakarn, Qaim-Maqam (Governor General) of Sudan, Mirliwa' (Major General) - mostly wri...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, English, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1883-1887
Extent:: 1 folder

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89644
Title:: Robert Browning Settlement Visitors Book
Scope & Content:: Leather-bound book, embossed with the title "Robert Browning Hall Visitors Book", used as the visitors book for the chapel of the Robert Browning Settlement of Walworth, London between 1895 and 1994. The book is signed throughout by a variety of individuals, beginning with Herbert Henry Asquit...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, English, Finnish, French, Japanese, and Malayalam
Date Range:: 21 Nov 1895-7 May 1994
Extent:: 1 volume, 2 sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89684
Title:: Papers relating to Abdullah Quilliam
Scope & Content:: Papers relating to William Henry Quilliam (1856-1932), also known as Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam, the Liverpool-born lawyer who converted from Christianity to Islam in 1887. Quilliam was of Manx descent and established Britain's first Muslim institute and mosque at Brougham Terrace, Liverpool, in 1...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1856-2015
Extent:: 26 folders and 1 trowel

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89684/2
Title:: Press cuttings and printed material
Scope & Content:: Original and photocopy press cuttings, including cuttings relating to the Quilliam family and the restoration of Brougham Terrace, Liverpool. Also includes printed material, such as brochures, magazines, leaflets, pamphlets and books, associated with Islam, Liverpool, the Abdullah Quilliam Societ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: [1874]-2009
Extent:: 6 folders

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89684/2/1
Title:: Family press cuttings
Scope & Content:: Press cuttings relating to the Quilliam family, featuring cuttings from the Crescent (1893-1908), an Islamic newspaper, and the Porcupine, a satirical magazine. Both publications were edited by Abdullah Quilliam. Includes: One photocopy of a cutting, undated, probably 1874. The funeral of Samuel...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: [1874]-2 Aug 2003
Extent:: 1 folder

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