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1. Add MS 88942/1/13-17

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/13-17
Title:
Talbot: Notebooks 'S.1'-'S.5'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1836-1837
Extent:
5 notebooks

2. Add MS 88942/1/13-25

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/13-25
Title:
Talbot: Notebooks 'S'-'Z'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian, and Welsh
Date Range:
1836-1839
Extent:
13 notebooks

3. Add MS 88942/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
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, Vulcanus, V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 87 pages of text)

4. Add MS 88942/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
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 Minerva,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1836-1837
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 88 pages of text)

5. Add MS 88942/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/18
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('T')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger series and succeeds notebook 'S.5' (Add MS 88942/1/17). It contains notes on ancient coins, translations of phrases in Latin and Greek, notes on the etymology of names of gods and places, mainly Greek and Latin, and Greek and Roman history and mythology. Notebook st...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 notebook (90 folios, 181 pages of text)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. Add MS 88942/1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/21
Title:
Talbot: Notebook 'V'
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of an incomplete series and follows Add MS 88942/1/20. It includes etymological notes on English, Greek, Latin, Welsh and Hebrew. Notebook started: 7 Aug 1838.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
1 notebook (70 folios, 140 pages of text)

9. Add MS 88942/1/22

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/22
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('W')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger, incomplete series. It follows Add MS 88942/1/21 and contains etymological notes on languages deriving from Latin and Greek as well as notes on Greek history and mythology. Notebook started: Oct 1838.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 45 pages of text)

10. Add MS 88942/1/23

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/23
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('X')
Scope & Content:
This notebook follows Add MS 88942/1/22 and is part of a larger, incomplete series. It contains transcriptions of Greek texts, notes on the Greek language and notes on Greek history and mythology. Notebook started: 6 Nov 1838.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 45 pages of text)

11. Add MS 88942/1/24

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/24
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Y')
Scope & Content:
This notebook continues notebook Add MS 88942/1/23 and is part of a larger series. It contains transcriptions from Latin literature, notes on the Latin and Greek language and notes on mainly English etymology. Talbot makes numerous references to contemporary journal articles. Notebook started: 25 No...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1838-1839
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 44 pages of text)

12. Add MS 88942/1/25

Reference (shelfmark):
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, notes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 notebook (60 folios, 120 pages of text)

13. Add MS 88942/1/26

Reference (shelfmark):
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 ‘Fine...
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)

14. Add MS 88942/1/26-37

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/26-37
Title:
Talbot: Notebooks 'A'-'M'
Scope & Content:
Notebook 'I' from this sequence (which only came to light at a later stage in the cataloguing of Talbot's papers) is Add MS 88942/1/348.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Persian, Spanish, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1840-1877
Extent:
12 notebooks

15. Add MS 88942/1/27

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/27
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('B')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger, incomplete series and continues on from Add MS 88942/1/26. It contains etymological studies of mainly English (but also Greek, Latin, German and French names) of objects, places and words. The notebook might have served as a preparation for Talbot's English Etymolo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1841-1842?
Extent:
1 notebook (114 folios, 229 pages of text)

16. Add MS 88942/1/28

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/28
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('C')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger, incomplete series, which served as a study for Talbot's English Etymologies and continues on from Add MS 88942/1/27. The etymological notebook contains mainly notes on English etymology but also on Greek, Latin, French and Italian words. In this notebook several se...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 notebook (53 folios, 104 pages of text)

17. Add MS 88942/1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/29
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('D')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger incomplete series which served as preparation for Talbot's English Etymologies and continues Add MS 88942/1/28. The etymological notebook contains mainly notes on English etymology but also notes on Greek, Latin, French and Italian words and names. It includes one s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
2 notebook (55 folios, 111 pages of text)

18. Add MS 88942/1/30

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/30
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('E')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger incomplete series which served as preparation for Talbot's English Etymologies and continues Add MS 88942/1/29. The etymological notebook contains mainly notes on English etymology but also notes on Greek, Latin, French and Italian words and names. It continues with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 44 pages of text)

19. Add MS 88942/1/31

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/31
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('F')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger incomplete series which served as preparation for Talbot's English Etymologies and continues Add MS 88942/1/30. The etymological notebook contains mainly notes on English, Latin and Greek etymology but also on Greek mythology. Only the right hand pages are filled wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
1 notebook (48 folios, 72 pages of text)

20. Add MS 88942/1/32

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/32
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('G')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is part of a larger incomplete series which served as preparation for Talbot's English Etymologies and continues Add MS 88942/1/31. The etymological notebook contains mainly notes on English and Greek etymology but also on Greek mythology. Only the right hand pages are filled with text...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 44 pages of text)

21. Add MS 88942/1/33

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/33
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('H')
Scope & Content:
The notebook is probably part of a larger series which served as a preparation for English Etymologies and continues notebook Add MS 88942/1/32. It contains notes on English etymology as well as etymological notes on places and Greek gods. The sequence of notebooks appears to continue with Notebook ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1844?
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 44 pages of text)

22. 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 Talbot...
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)

23. 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 his ...
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)

24. 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 discu...
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)

25. Add MS 88942/1/43

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/43
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
Inscribed 'ETF', this notebook contains notes by Talbot's mother Elisabeth Theresa Feilding. It contains: mathematical notes like 'Transverse axis of an Ellipses or Hyperbola'; definitions of optical, mathematical and chemical terminology in English and French; definitions and translations of more g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1811
Extent:
1 notebook (92 folios, 101 pages of text)

26. Add MS 88942/1/44

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/44
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
Notebook started in Worthing, contains a frontispiece carrying the title ('A. Cantor's new Commercial Memorandum Book') and three pages of printed text as well as some handwritten notes. 'Cantor's' on the frontispiece is crossed out twice and replaced by 'Carter's' in pencil. Front to back: The note...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic, Egyptian (Ancient), English, German, Greek, Ancient, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1823-1826
Extent:
1 notebook (80 folios, 65 pages of text)

27. Add MS 88942/1/46

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/46
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Miscellanea Philologica')
Scope & Content:
'Miscellanea Philologica' includes a few notes on the etymology of equivalent words in various indo-European languages. Back to front: contains 'Irish numerals according to Dr. O'Conner' and further notes on English, Irish and Greek etymology, also of names. Only a few pages are used. Notebook start...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Indo-European languages
Date Range:
1829
Extent:
1 notebook (18 folios, 13 pages of text)

28. Add MS 88942/1/47

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/47
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook starts 'Analogy is the great guiding principle of etymological researches' and contains etymological notes in mainly English, French, Italian, German, Greek, and Persian. Notebook started: 25 Nov 1831.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
1831
Extent:
1 notebook (31 folios, 62 pages of text)

29. Add MS 88942/1/48

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/48
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes on the etymology of English, German, Italian and French words, names and places. Notebook started: 1 Mar 1832.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1832
Extent:
1 notebook (38 folios, 44 pages of text)

30. Add MS 88942/1/49

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/49
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes on English, French, German, and Italian Etymology. Only few pages are used. Notebook started: Aug 1833.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1833
Extent:
1 notebook (42 folios, 11 pages of text)

31. 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, Gaelic, ...
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

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/52
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

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/53
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 Inghira...
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

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/55
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

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/56
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

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/61
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

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/64
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 English p...
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

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/133
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

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/164
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)

40. Harley MS 3941/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3941/1
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
The first of two volumes of the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville (b.c. 560, d. 636), an encyclopedia in twenty books dedicated to Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa (b. 590, d. 651), the editor of the text. The second volume is Harley 3941/2. Contents: f. 1r: Letter of Braulio to Isidore, imperfect, begi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Breton and Latin
Date Range:
9th century
Extent:

A parchment codex