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141. Add MS 88942/1/139

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Add MS 88942/1/139
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('V')
Scope & Content:
The notebook is the continuation of Add MS 88942/1/138, and contains notes on Assyrian cuneiform text and the Greek language. It carefully discusses the meaning of individual words. Upside down (back to front) are notes headed 'Rough Work'. The inside front cover contains an index of words.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
c 1856
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 70 pages of text)

142. Add MS 88942/1/148

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Add MS 88942/1/148
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Tiglath')
Scope & Content:
Contains notes on the Tiglath Pileser inscription. Contains a late revision of earlier translations of the published Tiglath Pileser inscription (1857). See also Add MS 88942/1/146-147.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 notebook (32 folios, 13 pages of text)

143. Add MS 88942/1/171

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Add MS 88942/1/171
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Observns')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains a line by line translation of an Assyrian text as well as commentaries and notes, probably for a publication.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
[1859-1860]
Extent:
1 notebook (21 folios, 33 pages of text)

144. Add MS 88942/1/246

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Add MS 88942/1/246
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Normandie')
Scope & Content:
Contains mainly brief entries recording the weather, from 16 August 1819 to 30 November 1819. Notebook started: 16 Aug 1819.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1819
Extent:
1 notebook (45 folios, 30 pages of text)

145. Add MS 88942/1/159

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Add MS 88942/1/159
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Inscription of Esarhaddon')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains what is probably Talbot's final draft of his translation of the inscription of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon (681–669 BC), to which Talbot dedicated much of his time from the mid 1850s. For further translation drafts, see Add MS 88942/1/156-158, and Add MS 88942/1/160.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
between 1875-1877
Extent:
1 notebook (20 folios, 17 pages of text), 1 loose sheet (1 folio, 1 page of text)

146. Add MS 88942/1/172

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Add MS 88942/1/172
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('On Assyrian antiquities')
Scope & Content:
Manuscript draft of Talbot, 'On Assyrian Antiquities'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
[1862-1863]
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 30 pages of text)

147. Add MS 88942/1/244

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Add MS 88942/1/244
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Dreess [sic] 1818')
Scope & Content:
Lists expenditure on clothing and liveries from 13 Jan 1818 to 29 Dec 1820. Entries under 'C. F.' appear to refer to the expenditure of Charles Feilding. Notebook started: 13 Jan 1818.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1818-1820
Extent:
1 notebook (44 folios, 43 pages of text)

148. Add MS 88942/1/267

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Add MS 88942/1/267
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('H. of Commons')
Scope & Content:
'H. of Commons' written on the front cover. Under the heading 'Session of 1833', brief entries record the main business of the day, from 29 January to 22 February. At the back of the notebook, 'Papers ordered to be printed'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1833
Extent:
1 notebook (38 folios, 10 pages of text)

149. Add MS 88942/1/212

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Add MS 88942/1/212
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Note on Confocal Conic Sections')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains elementary geometry and was started after 1864/65 when Talbot purchased a house in 13 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh. It contains a draft for Talbot's 'Note on Confocal Conic Sections' (1865) and continues with Add MS 88942/1/213. Talbot discussed the same subject with the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1864
Extent:
1 notebook (53 folios, 14 pages of text)

150. Add MS 88942/1/260

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Add MS 88942/1/260
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Books sent to the Binder')
Scope & Content:
List of books sent to binder reflecting Talbot's interests. The lists contains mathematical tractates, books on botany, philology, Arabic, Greek and plays, amongst others. Notebook started: 9 Jun 1827.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 notebook (34 folios, 5 pages of text)