A series of 18 notebooks, lettered 'A'-'S', relating to Talbot, 'Contributions Towards a Glossary of the Assyrian Language', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Soiciety (1868-73). The 18 notebooks are a continuation of the series Add MS 88942/1/68-86. Other notebooks with comparable content (includin...
Talbot: Notebooks (Athenaeum Club Vol I A-Vol IV D)
Scope & Content:
It was presumably at the Athenaeum Club, to which Talbot was elected in 1824, that the notebook series Add MS 88942/1/112-115 came into being. The series is not characterised by a clear purpose or specific goal. The contents of the notebooks varies, ranging from transliterations, notes on transla...
Notebooks 116-119 contain notes and translations of further cuneiform inscriptions from Nimrud and Nineveh in the British Museum. They include shorter notes on other tablets in the British Museum, corrections of Talbot's previous publications, and notes on etymology and religious beliefs. Each no...
A series of mathematical and scientific notebooks, lettered 'A'-'O', from which notebook 'G' is missing. Notebook 'L' (until very recently, also considered missing) is held separately in the British Library Loan Collection. Photography notebooks 'P' (1839) and 'Q' (1840) are held at the National...