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52. Add MS 88942/1/34
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 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)
53. 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)
54. 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)
55. 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)
56. Add MS 88942/1/25
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/25
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('Z' - '2' in pencil)
- Scope & Content:
- This notebook continues on from Add MS 88942/1/24 and is the last notebook in a larger, incomplete series. It contains notes on the etymology of Greek names and places, the etymology of Roman languages and their derivations from Greek and Latin. It also contains notes for English Etymologies, no...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1839
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (60 folios, 120 pages of text)
57. Add MS 88942/1/16
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/16
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('S.4')
- Scope & Content:
- This notebook is the forth part of a series created at Sidmouth called 'S' of which S1-S5 are indicated. It contains notes on languages and etymology. It deals with phrases of expression in English, Greek and Italian. It also contains chapters on the names, the lives and the meaning of Greek god...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1837
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (66 folios, 132 pages of text)
58. 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)
59. Add MS 88942/1/15
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/15
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('S.3')
- Scope & Content:
- This notebook is the third part of a series created at Sidmouth called 'S' of which S1-S5 are indicated. It contains general and etymological notes on Greek gods (Apollo, Hercules, Deucalion, Idas and Lynceus, Argus, Amphitrite, Europa, Cyclopes, Centaurus and Lapithae, Neptune/Poseidon and Mine...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1836-1837
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (46 folios, 88 pages of text)
60. Add MS 88942/1/35
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 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)