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371. Add MS 88942/1/267

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('H. of Commons')
Scope & Content:
'H. of Commons' written on the front cover. Under the heading 'Session of 1833', brief entries record the main business of the day, from 29 January to 22 February. At the back of the notebook, 'Papers ordered to be printed'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1833
Extent:
1 notebook (38 folios, 10 pages of text)

372. Add MS 88942/1/212

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Note on Confocal Conic Sections')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains elementary geometry and was started after 1864/65 when Talbot purchased a house in 13 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh. It contains a draft for Talbot's 'Note on Confocal Conic Sections' (1865) and continues with Add MS 88942/1/213. Talbot discussed the same subject with the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1864
Extent:
1 notebook (53 folios, 14 pages of text)

373. Add MS 88942/1/260

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Books sent to the Binder')
Scope & Content:
List of books sent to binder reflecting Talbot's interests. The lists contains mathematical tractates, books on botany, philology, Arabic, Greek and plays, amongst others. Notebook started: 9 Jun 1827.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
1 notebook (34 folios, 5 pages of text)

374. Add MS 88942/3/2/63

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Title:
Talbot: Publication concerning photography
Scope & Content:
‘Photographic Society of London’ (15 January, 1873). Large (over A2 size) hand-coloured certificate mounted under glass in a wooden frame. Confirms ‘William Henry Fox Talbot’ as an ‘Honorary Member of the Photographic Society of London.’ National Trust Accession: 39084.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
1 file

375. Add MS 88942/1/236

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Dress 1 June 1815, 31 May 1816')
Scope & Content:
Records expenditure on clothes etc for different Talbot family members, including Henry Talbot and Lady Elisabeth, from 1 June 1815 to 28 May 1816. Inscribed 'Lady Catherine Tilneylay (?)' on inside front cover. Notebook started: 1 Jun 1815.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815-1816
Extent:
1 notebook (37 folios, 34 pages of text)

376. Add MS 88942/1/58

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains notes on Egyptian (including some Hieroglyphics), Greek, Sanskrit, Afghan, Persian (all in Latin script), mainly as lists of words that are partly alphabetical. It also contains some ancient historical notes, probably extracted from a book and a list of books on languages s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Greek, Ancient, Pashto, Persian, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 19th century
Extent:
1 notebook (30 folios, 30 pages of text)

377. Add MS 88942/1/62

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains mainly notes on the Greek language, such as definition of words and etymology; but also notes on other languages such as Gaelic, Icelandic and German which Talbot relates to Greek. It also includes notes on Latin, some modern European languages and Persian. Talbot mentions a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Ancient, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
1830s
Extent:
1 notebook (21 folios, 42 pages of text)

378. 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)

379. Add MS 88942/1/154

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
Begining with the heading 'On the Cypriote inscriptions', the notebook contains partly drafts of a translation from Assyrian into English, and partly notes in Greek and German. Talbot refers to a number of publications on the topic. Notebook started: 5 Dec 1876, Bournemouth.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, English, German, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1876-[1877]
Extent:
1 notebook (16 folios, 21 pages of text)

380. Add MS 88942/3/1/9

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Title:
Talbot: Publications concerning assyriology
Scope & Content:
'Contribution towards a Glossary of the Assyrian Language.' (1867). Printers proofs, most are date stamped by 'Harrison & Sons Printers, St. Martins Lane'. One group of proofs, NTA: 27331, has extensive author’s corrections. Most of the proofs have '5531' handwritten on the top right corner....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
1 file