This notebook is possibly a continuation of notebook Add MS 88942/1/141. It contains footnotes and corrections and has an index of words in the back cover. Lacock, 10 Nov 1864.
The notebook is the continuation of Add MS 88942/1/152, containing notes on Assyrian cuneiform text including words relating to religion. Most of the pages are blank.
Draft translation of an inscription of Esarhaddon from a cylinder in the British Museum. The translation deals with the inscription of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon (681 – 669 BC). See also Add MS 88942/1/157-160. Notebook started: 17 Dec 1858.
Address book (A-Z) containing an Assyrian word index. This notebook might be Talbot's first systematic notebook on Assyrian. The date of the latest entries might be much later than 1858.
Almost all pages are cut out from this notebook (possibly because Talbot submitted them as a draft for a publication), leaving only two pages of notes with further notes written on the inside back cover. These comprise a draft of an introduction for a translation of either the Taylor or the Belli...
The notebook contains translation notes on an Assyrian cuneiform text. Many blank pages. On the inside front cover, Talbot has noted the address 13 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh (a property purchased by Talbot in 1864/65).
At the front of the notebook, Talbot has recorded various European travel expenses for 1828 (e.g. 'Hire of carriage from Calais to Geneva'). At the back of the notebook (upside-down) are other financial records (e.g. 'amount of stock held, August 1828'). Notebook started: 17 Jul 1828 (written ...
Talbot: Notebook (John Brickdale, 'The Elements of Euclid')
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The inside front cover of this notebook is inscribed ‘John Brickdale 1778'. It contains a handwritten copy of ‘The Elements of Euclid’ that was presumably used by Talbot in the course of his tuition.
‘The Naturalists Pocket Book.’ (December, 1812). Daily diary for W. H. F. Talbot. Includes printed colour engravings of insects, flora and fauna. National Trust Accession: 24531.