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11. Add MS 88942/1/9

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Add MS 88942/1/9
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('3', in pencil)
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains drafts for Hermes, or Classical and Antiquarian Researches, No. 1 (1838), and includes the passages: 'Was Homer acquainted with the art of writing?'; 'On the names of the ancient Roman Months'; and 'On the origin of the names Vesuvius and Soma'. The notebook was started ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
1 notebook (24 folios, 45 pages of text)

12. Add MS 88942/1/10

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Add MS 88942/1/10
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('3', in pencil)
Scope & Content:
This notebook starts with notes 'On the fable of Orpheus and Euridyce - requires that Micalis’ plate should be copied'. Amongst miscellaneous notes on Greek literature and etymology it also contains reflections on the term 'Drama' and other terms related to Greek literature and a short section on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1837?-1838?
Extent:
1 notebook (24 folios, 48 pages of text)

13. Add MS 88942/1/11

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Add MS 88942/1/11
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('4', in pencil)
Scope & Content:
This draft for the The Antiquity of the Book of Genesis (1839) contains mainly extracts and extensive notes for the chapter on 'Sybele' and on 'Appendix I. Remarks on the Fable of Pandora', edited and corrected by Talbot. A note inside the front cover suggests that there is a connection to some l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1838?-1839?
Extent:
1 notebook (31 folios, 64 pages of text)

14. Add MS 88942/1/12

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Add MS 88942/1/12
Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
This notebook served as a draft for sections of Hermes or Classical and Antiquarian Researches, No. 1 (1838). It also includes long drafts for 'The Winged Deities of Etruria' and 'Mantus, the Etruscan Pluto'. Many sections are crossed out and corrected. See also Add MS 88942/1/10. Notebook star...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 15 pages of text)

15. Add MS 88942/1/13

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Add MS 88942/1/13
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('S.1')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is the first of the etymological series S-Z (Add MS 88942/1/13-25) and at the same time the first of a smaller subseries of five notebooks ('S' series Add MS 88942/1/13-17) within the series 'S-Z'. The notebook starts with notes on Egyptian hieroglyphics and mythology and continue...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 notebook (34 folios, 68 pages of text)

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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)

19. 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)

20. Add MS 88942/1/16

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Add MS 88942/1/16
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('S.4')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is the forth part of a series created at Sidmouth called 'S' of which S1-S5 are indicated. It contains notes on languages and etymology. It deals with phrases of expression in English, Greek and Italian. It also contains chapters on the names, the lives and the meaning of Greek god...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 notebook (66 folios, 132 pages of text)