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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 88942 Subject Etymology

31. Add MS 88942/1/50

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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)

32. Add MS 88942/1/52

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook (''ξ'')
Scope & Content:
Starting ''Syriac letter'', this notebook explores etymological relations between Syriac and Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Latin, German. Notebook started: 26 Mar 1842.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Latin, and Syriac
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
4 notebook (86 folios, 5 pages of text)

33. Add MS 88942/1/53

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
Notebook starting ‘Redundant vowel.’ It contains a few notes on Greek/English, Greek/German and Greek/French etymology. One page at the beginning is entitled 'Nov 30th 1836. Abbotsbury'. Includes brief descriptions of some plates from Monumenti Etruschi by the Italian archaeologist Francesco Ingh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 notebook (17 folios, 7 pages of text)

34. Add MS 88942/1/55

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains etymological notes on specific English terms, but does not seem to be directly related to English Etymologies. Talbot edited the notes with a different pen.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1847?
Extent:
1 notebook (9 folios, 11 pages of text), 1 loose sheet

35. Add MS 88942/1/56

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook starts with the headline 'Part omitted' and contains only two and a half pages of notes on Greek etymology, possibly related to Talbot's English Etymologies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1847?
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 3 pages of text)

36. Add MS 88942/1/61

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains very few notes on etymology, mainly of Italian words. It is probably from the 1830s when Talbot dedicated a lot of time to etymology.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1830s
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 5 pages of text)

37. Add MS 88942/1/64

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains etymological notes on Greek, Latin, German, Danish, Italian, Persian, and lists of words with 'uncertain and doubtful origin'. Back to front (upside-down): lists of population figures for England, Wales, Scotland, and other partly demographical figures and accounts of Englis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, French, Gaelic, Greek, Ancient, Irish, Italian, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit, and Welsh
Date Range:
1830s
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 40 pages of text), 23 loose sheets (23 folios, 44 pages of text)

38. Add MS 88942/1/133

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Φ')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes and comments on Assyrian. Notebook started: 12 Feb 1867. Above the date, Talbot has written '13 Gt. Stuart St.', an address in Edinburgh where he sometimes resided.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, English, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 notebook (32 folios, 62 pages of text)

39. Add MS 88942/1/164

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook consists of a few pages filled with a transcription of a cuneiform text on the right with footnotes and etymological and philological annotations on the left. See also Add MS 88942/1/115, Add MS 88942/1/138, and Add MS 88942/1/165.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1856?
Extent:
1 notebook (26 folios, 12 pages of text)