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1. Add MS 88942/1

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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

2. Add MS 88942/1/13

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('S.1')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is the first of the etymological series S-Z (Add MS 88942/1/13-25) and at the same time the first of a smaller subseries of five notebooks ('S' series Add MS 88942/1/13-17) within the series 'S-Z'. The notebook starts with notes on Egyptian hieroglyphics and mythology and continue...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 notebook (34 folios, 68 pages of text)

3. Add MS 88942/1/13-17

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Title:
Talbot: Notebooks 'S.1'-'S.5'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1836-1837
Extent:
5 notebooks

4. Add MS 88942/1/13-25

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Add MS 88942/1/13-25
Title:
Talbot: Notebooks 'S'-'Z'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian, and Welsh
Date Range:
1836-1839
Extent:
13 notebooks

5. Add MS 88942/1/58

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains notes on Egyptian (including some Hieroglyphics), Greek, Sanskrit, Afghan, Persian (all in Latin script), mainly as lists of words that are partly alphabetical. It also contains some ancient historical notes, probably extracted from a book and a list of books on languages s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Greek, Ancient, Pashto, Persian, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 19th century
Extent:
1 notebook (30 folios, 30 pages of text)

6. Add MS 88942/1/62

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains mainly notes on the Greek language, such as definition of words and etymology; but also notes on other languages such as Gaelic, Icelandic and German which Talbot relates to Greek. It also includes notes on Latin, some modern European languages and Persian. Talbot mentions a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Ancient, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1830s
Extent:
1 notebook (21 folios, 42 pages of text)