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...