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1. Add MS 88942/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/20
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('U.2')
Scope & Content:
Notebook continues from Add MS 88942/1/19 and contains notes on the etymology of names of Greek gods and the connection between Greek and mostly Roman languages. Notebook started: 2 Dec 1837.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 92 pages of text)

2. Add MS 88942/1/26

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Add MS 88942/1/26
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('A')
Scope & Content:
This is the first in a large, incomplete series of notebooks, which served as preparations for Talbot's English Etymologies. The notes in this series are more organized than in previous etymological notebooks; single words are underlined that also appear in the publication. The notebook starts ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Persian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 notebook (57 folios, 114 pages of text)

3. Add MS 88942/1/27

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/27
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('B')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger, incomplete series and continues on from Add MS 88942/1/26. It contains etymological studies of mainly English (but also Greek, Latin, German and French names) of objects, places and words. The notebook might have served as a preparation for Talbot's English Ety...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1841-1842?
Extent:
1 notebook (114 folios, 229 pages of text)

4. Add MS 88942/1/28

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/28
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('C')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger, incomplete series, which served as a study for Talbot's English Etymologies and continues on from Add MS 88942/1/27. The etymological notebook contains mainly notes on English etymology but also on Greek, Latin, French and Italian words. In this notebook severa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 notebook (53 folios, 104 pages of text)

5. Add MS 88942/1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/29
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('D')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger incomplete series which served as preparation for Talbot's English Etymologies and continues Add MS 88942/1/28. The etymological notebook contains mainly notes on English etymology but also notes on Greek, Latin, French and Italian words and names. It includes o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
2 notebook (55 folios, 111 pages of text)

6. Add MS 88942/1/30

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/30
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('E')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger incomplete series which served as preparation for Talbot's English Etymologies and continues Add MS 88942/1/29. The etymological notebook contains mainly notes on English etymology but also notes on Greek, Latin, French and Italian words and names. It continues ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 44 pages of text)

7. Add MS 88942/1/34

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Add MS 88942/1/34
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('J')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is probably the continuation of notebook 'I' (Add MS 88942/1/348) and contains etymological notes on possible derivations and etymological connections between English, French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek. Talbot also refers to Turkish and Persian and Dutch. In this notebook Ta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1845-1858
Extent:
1 notebook (92 folios, 120 pages of text)

8. Add MS 88942/1/35

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Add MS 88942/1/35
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('K' in pencil, may not be in Talbot's hand)
Scope & Content:
This notebook is possibly the continuation of Notebook 'J' (Add MS 88942/1/34). It might be part of a larger series and contains English, Greek, Latin, German, French, Spanish and Dutch etymological notes on words, names and places as well as notes on Assyrian names and places. Talbot refers to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1847-1848
Extent:
1 notebook (16 folios, 33 pages of text)

9. Add MS 88942/1/43

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/43
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
Inscribed 'ETF', this notebook contains notes by Talbot's mother Elisabeth Theresa Feilding. It contains: mathematical notes like 'Transverse axis of an Ellipses or Hyperbola'; definitions of optical, mathematical and chemical terminology in English and French; definitions and translations of mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1811
Extent:
1 notebook (92 folios, 101 pages of text)

10. Add MS 88942/1/47

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Add MS 88942/1/47
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook starts 'Analogy is the great guiding principle of etymological researches' and contains etymological notes in mainly English, French, Italian, German, Greek, and Persian. Notebook started: 25 Nov 1831.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
1 notebook (31 folios, 62 pages of text)