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261. Add MS 88942/1/180

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
Notes on individual lines of an Assyrian cuneiform text, headed 'Notes extracted from the Copy left in Edinburgh'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, English, and Hebrew
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 notebook (12 folios, 7 pages of text)

262. Add MS 88942/1/261

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
At the front of the notebook, Talbot has recorded various European travel expenses for 1828 (e.g. 'Hire of carriage from Calais to Geneva'). At the back of the notebook (upside-down) are other financial records (e.g. 'amount of stock held, August 1828'). Notebook started: 17 Jul 1828 (written ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1829
Extent:
1 notebook (4 folios, 5 pages of text)

263. Add MS 88942/1/200

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook (John Brickdale, 'The Elements of Euclid')
Scope & Content:
The inside front cover of this notebook is inscribed ‘John Brickdale 1778'. It contains a handwritten copy of ‘The Elements of Euclid’ that was presumably used by Talbot in the course of his tuition.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778
Extent:
1 notebook (59 ff. + 17*, 25*, 26*)

264. Add MS 88942/5/1/2

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Title:
Talbot: Pocket notebook ('The Naturalists Pocket Book')
Scope & Content:
‘The Naturalists Pocket Book.’ (December, 1812). Daily diary for W. H. F. Talbot. Includes printed colour engravings of insects, flora and fauna. National Trust Accession: 24531.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 pocket notebook

265. Add MS 88942/5/1/3

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Title:
Talbot: Pocket notebook ('The Naturalists Pocket Book')
Scope & Content:
‘The Naturalists Pocket Book.’ (December, 1813). Daily diary for W. H. F. Talbot. Includes printed engravings of various insects, flora and fauna. National Trust Accession: 24529.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1813
Extent:
1 pocket notebook

266. Add MS 88942/1/68-86

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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

267. Add MS 88942/1/116-119

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Title:
Talbot: Notebooks ('Athenaeum Club')
Scope & Content:
Notebooks 116-119 contain notes and translations of further cuneiform inscriptions from Nimrud and Nineveh in the British Museum. They include shorter notes on other tablets in the British Museum, corrections of Talbot's previous publications, and notes on etymology and religious beliefs. Each no...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, English, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
[1855]-[1870]
Extent:
4 notebooks

268. Add MS 88942/1/312

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook (Lacock Tenants)
Scope & Content:
Accounts from August to December (no year given) regarding Lacock tenants (e.g. Baker, Tuck, Estcot, Webb's wife, Taylor, Estcot, Shewring, Cole, Fortune, Humphreys). With three sheets containing further records, one of which refers to 'Rent received in 3 years' and 'Repairs in 3 years'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 notebook (8 folios, 16 pages of text), 3 loose sheets (3 folios, 5 pages of text)

269. Add MS 88942/1/276

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Messrs. Coutts & Co')
Scope & Content:
Record of an account of William Henry Fox Talbot with Coutts Bank. First entry: 15 Dec 1840. Final entry: 20 May 1862.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1862
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 77 pages of text)

270. Add MS 88942/3/2/27

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Title:
Talbot: Publications concerning classics, mythology and assyriology
Scope & Content:
Print, 'The First three Hamath Inscriptions.' (undated). National Trust Accession: 35821.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1860
Extent:
1 file