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221. Add MS 88942/1/112-115

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/112-115
Title:
Talbot: Notebooks (Athenaeum Club Vol I A-Vol IV D)
Scope & Content:
It was presumably at the Athenaeum Club, to which Talbot was elected in 1824, that the notebook series Add MS 88942/1/112-115 came into being. The series is not characterised by a clear purpose or specific goal. The contents of the notebooks varies, ranging from transliterations, notes on transla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1855-1856
Extent:
4 notebooks

222. Add MS 88942/1/147

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/147
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('The Octagon of the Tiglath Pileser I')
Scope & Content:
This notebook continues notebook Add MS 88942/1/146 with the translation of 'Tiglath Pileser'. See also Add MS 88942/1/148. Notebook started: 20 Feb 1857.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 22 pages of text), 1 loose sheet (1 folio, 2 pages of text)

223. Add MS 88942/1/167

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/167
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('The Legend of Ishtar decending to Hades')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains a line by line translation of 'The Legend of Ishtar descending to Hades'. It is probably a draft for a later publication. Notebook started: 14 Mar 1873.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 notebook (38 folios, 57 pages of text)

224. Add MS 88942/1/176

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/176
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Creation Tabl[et] / Interlinear 2nd part, Tablet V')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is a first draft of Add MS 88942/1/127. Many pages are cut out. Continuous with Add MS 88942/1/177.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
1 notebook (2 folios, 4 pages of text)

225. Add MS 88942/1/210

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/210
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Note on the early History of Spectrum Analysis')
Scope & Content:
Draft of an article Talbot published much later, in 1872. Talbot refers to Fraunhofer, Brewster, Newton, and Wollaston. Several references are quoted up to 1842, and reference is made to the 'Manchester meeting' (1842) of the British Association (numbered p. 9).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1842
Extent:
1 notebook (16 folios, 12 pages of text), 2 loose sheets (2 folios, 2 pages of text)

226. Add MS 88942/1/39

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/39
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Dialogues of the Dead')
Scope & Content:
Notebook on Greek mythology. This early notebook contains a short dialogue between Lycurgus and Solon, and another short dialogue between Polycrates and Amasis. Though inscribed with Talbot's name in the front cover, the notebook was probably written by Lady Elisabeth for Talbot's use. Only a fe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807
Extent:
1 notebook (37 folios, 10 pages of text)

227. Add MS 88942/1/303

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/303
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('W. H. Fox Talbot')
Scope & Content:
Modern notebook on Talbot's parents, probably completed by Matilda Talbot (1871-1958), Talbot's granddaughter. It includes extracts and summaries of letters and possibly diary entries by Talbot's mother, spanning 1792-1835.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 notebook (52 folios, 17 pages of text)

228. Add MS 88942/1/126

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/126
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Notes on Tablets of Creation Series')
Scope & Content:
Notebook with many pages cut from the front. On the front cover, Talbot has written 'from Delitzsch, Notes on tablets of Creation Series', with 'Birs. N' (struck-through) written beneath. Talbot evidently cut out the pages with the notes of 'Birs. N.' (1860s) and then re-used the notebook for hi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1876?-1877
Extent:
1 notebook (8 folios, 10 pages of text)

229. Add MS 88942/1/169

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/169
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Defence of a Magistrate, falsely accused')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains a draft of a translation of a tablet in the British Museum. It also includes two pages of notes at the back of the notebook on the first public announcement of Talbot's photographic experiments (by Michael Faraday, at the Royal Institution, 1839). Notebook started: 3 May 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1877
Extent:
1 notebook (6 folios, 12 pages of text)

230. Add MS 88942/1/177

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/177
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Creation Tabl[et] / Interlinear 1st part')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is a first draft of Add MS 88942/1/127. Many pages are cut out. Continuous with Add MS 88942/1/176.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
1 notebook (7 folios, 10 pages of text)