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2. Add MS 88942/1/120
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/120
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook
- Scope & Content:
- Talbot makes references to religious beliefs, and possibly includes extracts from 'Brugsch Geographische Inschriften Altäegyptischer Denkmäler vol. 2' (1865) which he mentions on the first page. The notebook might also be a script of a talk on Egyptian history and geography. The loose notes are...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, and German
- Date Range:
- between 1864-1873
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (40 folios, 6 pages of text), 3 loose sheets (3 folios, 3 pages of text)
3. Add MS 88942/1/140
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/140
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('VI')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook is the continuation of notebook 'V' (Add MS 88942/1/139) and contains notes on Assyrian cuneiform text and the Greek language. It has an index of words discussed. The notebook is incomplete and most pages are blank.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian and Hebrew
- Date Range:
- c 1856
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (46 folios, 29 pages of text)
4. Add MS 88942/1/139
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/139
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('V')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook is the continuation of Add MS 88942/1/138, and contains notes on Assyrian cuneiform text and the Greek language. It carefully discusses the meaning of individual words. Upside down (back to front) are notes headed 'Rough Work'. The inside front cover contains an index of words.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian and English
- Date Range:
- c 1856
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (46 folios, 70 pages of text)
5. Add MS 88942/1/138
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/138
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('IV')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook contains notes on Assyrian cuneiform text and the Greek language, and continues Add MS 88942/137. The notebook begins: ‘[cuneiform] is a sign which has various values…’. It attempts decipherment and contains notes on lexicography and biblical history. Talbot translates whole lines ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, Greek, Ancient, and Hebrew
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (132 folios, 264 pages of text)
6. Add MS 88942/1/50
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/50
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('called G')
- Scope & Content:
- This notebook, although 'called G', has not been identified as part of a series. It starts 'Dictionnaire Comparative des langues Tento-Gothiques par H. Meichinger. Franf. 1833 and a French translation', and contains Middle High German words from the Niebelungen Lied, Welsh, Danish, Persian, Gael...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Danish, Egyptian (Ancient), English, Gaelic, German, Middle High, Persian, and Welsh
- Date Range:
- 1834
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (62 folios, 124 pages of text)
7. Add MS 88942/1/36
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/36
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('L')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook is part of a larger series and probably continues Notebook 'K' (Add MS 88942/1/35). Talbot starts with thoughts about Greek mythology, but then moves on to the etymology of words, names and places, mainly in English and Greek, but also in other languages, mainly German, later also i...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, English, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1848-1852
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (100 folios, 197 pages of text)
8. Add MS 88942/1/37
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/37
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('M')
- Scope & Content:
- This notebook is probably the last part of a larger series on etymological notes and probably continues notebook 'L' (Add MS 88942/1/36). If this is the case then Talbot has returned to the series after a break of seven years. The notebook contains notes on languages and etymology. It includes d...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1855-1877
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (114 folios, 75 pages of text)
9. 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)