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22. Add MS 88942/1/119
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/119
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook contains notes on Greek and Assyrian cuneiform text. It includes etymological comment and notes on 'the creation'. The notebook is not dated, but 'Athenaeum Club' is written under Talbot's name on the inside front cover.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, Hebrew, and Latin
- Date Range:
- after 1870
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (31 folios, 5 pages of text)
23. Add MS 88942/1/117
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/117
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook
- Scope & Content:
- This notebook, which is not dated, includes notes entitled 'Further remarks on the myth of D[ionysius]' (f. 14), and notes on individual Assyrian texts.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, English, and Hebrew
- Date Range:
- c 1860
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (40 folios, 64 pages of text)
24. Add MS 88942/1/21
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/21
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook 'V'
- Scope & Content:
- This notebook is part of an incomplete series and follows Add MS 88942/1/20. It includes etymological notes on English, Greek, Latin, Welsh and Hebrew. Notebook started: 7 Aug 1838.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Latin, and Welsh
- Date Range:
- 1838
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (70 folios, 140 pages of text)
25. 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)
26. Add MS 88942/1/137
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/137
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook (''Miscellanea Assyria Vol. III'')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook contains notes on Assyrian cuneiform text and continues the previous notebook. Talbot tries to find out which elements he can compare with other languages. In the notebook he gives up Greek and Latin for the comparison and works on Semitic languages while refering to Gesen''s Semiot...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Syriac
- Date Range:
- 1855
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (46 folios, 93 pages of text)
27. Add MS 88942/1/135
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/135
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('Miscellanea Assyria Vol I')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook concerns 'Assyrian & Babylonian inscriptions' and includes notes on Sir Henry Rawlinson's work on various tablets and objects in the British Museum. Talbot attempts to translate by looking at individual words, making comparisons with Latin and Greek, by comparing his ideas to th...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, Akkadian, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 29 Jun 1853
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (39 folios, 48 pages of text)
28. Add MS 88942/1/26
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 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)
29. Add MS 88942/1/136
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/136
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('Miscellanea Assyria Vol II')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook considers 'signs whose value is required' and testifies to Talbot's interest in cuneiform based on his knowledge of ancient Persian. He studies the names of Greek gods and sign variation, makes cross linguistic comparisons and looks at grammatical forms. Talbot uses Botta's, Hinck's...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, Akkadian, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Latin, and Persian, Old
- Date Range:
- 1853
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (62 folios, 127 pages of text)
30. Add MS 88942/1/19
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/19
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('U')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook is part of a larger series and continues from Add MS 88942/1/18. It contains etymological notes of Latin, Etruscan and Greek, and description of Greek gods and mythological characters. Notebook started: 24 Oct 1837.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1837
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (85 folios, 173 pages of text)