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1. Add MS 88942

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Add MS 88942
Title:
The Papers of William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877)
Scope & Content:
The British Library collection contains notebooks, letters, photographs, diaries, unbound Assyriological and mathematical folios, natural specimens in herbaria, offprints of Talbot’s articles, patents, artefacts and a small selection of books from Talbot’s library. Whilst the covering dates of...
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:
1732-1952
Extent:

849 files

2. Add MS 88942/1

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Add MS 88942/1
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

3. Add MS 88942/1/13

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Add MS 88942/1/13
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)

4. Add MS 88942/1/13-17

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Add MS 88942/1/13-17
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

5. 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

6. Add MS 88942/1/14

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('S.2')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is the second part of a series created at Sidmouth called 'S' of which S1-S5 are indicated. It contains notes on English, Greek and German etymology, of which a few were crossed out, and etymological notes on the origin of names in Greek mythology (Neptunus, Saturnus, Rhea, Vulcanu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 87 pages of text)

7. Add MS 88942/1/19-20

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Add MS 88942/1/19-20
Title:
Talbot: Notebooks 'U' and 'U.2'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian, and Welsh
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
2 notebooks

8. Add MS 88942/1/20

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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)

9. Add MS 88942/1/26

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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)

10. Add MS 88942/1/26-37

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Add MS 88942/1/26-37
Title:
Talbot: Notebooks 'A'-'M'
Scope & Content:
Notebook 'I' from this sequence (which only came to light at a later stage in the cataloguing of Talbot's papers) is Add MS 88942/1/348.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Persian, Spanish, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1840-1877
Extent:
12 notebooks