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31. Add MS 88942/1/37

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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)

32. Add MS 88942/1/34

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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)

33. Add MS 88942/1/26

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Add MS 88942/1/26
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('A')
Scope & Content:
This is the first in a large, incomplete series of notebooks, which served as preparations for Talbot's English Etymologies. The notes in this series are more organized than in previous etymological notebooks; single words are underlined that also appear in the publication. The notebook starts ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Persian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 notebook (57 folios, 114 pages of text)

34. Add MS 88942/1/25

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Add MS 88942/1/25
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Z' - '2' in pencil)
Scope & Content:
This notebook continues on from Add MS 88942/1/24 and is the last notebook in a larger, incomplete series. It contains notes on the etymology of Greek names and places, the etymology of Roman languages and their derivations from Greek and Latin. It also contains notes for English Etymologies, no...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 notebook (60 folios, 120 pages of text)

35. Add MS 88942/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/19
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('U')
Scope & Content:
The notebook is part of a larger series and continues from Add MS 88942/1/18. It contains etymological notes of Latin, Etruscan and Greek, and description of Greek gods and mythological characters. Notebook started: 24 Oct 1837.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 notebook (85 folios, 173 pages of text)

36. Add MS 88942/1/14

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Add MS 88942/1/14
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('S.2')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is the second part of a series created at Sidmouth called 'S' of which S1-S5 are indicated. It contains notes on English, Greek and German etymology, of which a few were crossed out, and etymological notes on the origin of names in Greek mythology (Neptunus, Saturnus, Rhea, Vulcanu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 87 pages of text)

37. Add MS 88942/1/15

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Add MS 88942/1/15
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('S.3')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is the third part of a series created at Sidmouth called 'S' of which S1-S5 are indicated. It contains general and etymological notes on Greek gods (Apollo, Hercules, Deucalion, Idas and Lynceus, Argus, Amphitrite, Europa, Cyclopes, Centaurus and Lapithae, Neptune/Poseidon and Mine...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1836-1837
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 88 pages of text)

38. Add MS 88942/1/35

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/35
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('K' in pencil, may not be in Talbot's hand)
Scope & Content:
This notebook is possibly the continuation of Notebook 'J' (Add MS 88942/1/34). It might be part of a larger series and contains English, Greek, Latin, German, French, Spanish and Dutch etymological notes on words, names and places as well as notes on Assyrian names and places. Talbot refers to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1847-1848
Extent:
1 notebook (16 folios, 33 pages of text)

39. Add MS 88942/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/20
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('U.2')
Scope & Content:
Notebook continues from Add MS 88942/1/19 and contains notes on the etymology of names of Greek gods and the connection between Greek and mostly Roman languages. Notebook started: 2 Dec 1837.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 92 pages of text)