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381. Add MS 88942/1/364

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Title:
Talbot: Loose notes (botany)
Scope & Content:
‘Botany.’ (undated). National Trust Accession: 36750. ‘Orchis – Whole plant brown …’ (undated). NTA: 37006. Note, (undated). Botanical notes. NTA: 37005. Note, (1815). Botanical notes written mainly on the reverse of an envelope addressed to 'Captain Charles Feilding'. NTA: 36976. ‘Jacaranda...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823-1867
Extent:
1 folder

382. Add MS 88942/1/34

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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)

383. Add MS 88942/1/135

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Miscellanea Assyria Vol I')
Scope & Content:
The notebook concerns 'Assyrian & Babylonian inscriptions' and includes notes on Sir Henry Rawlinson's work on various tablets and objects in the British Museum. Talbot attempts to translate by looking at individual words, making comparisons with Latin and Greek, by comparing his ideas to th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Akkadian, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
29 Jun 1853
Extent:
1 notebook (39 folios, 48 pages of text)

384. Add MS 88942/1/114

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Vol III C')
Scope & Content:
A note on the last page indicates that pp. 4-22 relate to the Annals of Ashurakhbal. The notebook contains notes on shorter inscriptions of monuments. There are page numbers in pencil. Another important inscription Talbot dealt with was the Bellino Cylinder, named after the German philologist Ka...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 32 pages of text)

385. Add MS 88942/1/26

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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)

386. Add MS 88942/1/17

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('S.5')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is the fifth part of a series created at Sidmouth called 'S' of which S1-S5 are indicated. The notebook contains notes on languages and etymology, mainly Greek. It also includes passages on the etymology of the names of the days and the months, Greek gods and Greek places. Notebo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 notebook (92 folios, 184 pages of text)

387. Add MS 88942/1/136

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Miscellanea Assyria Vol II')
Scope & Content:
The notebook considers 'signs whose value is required' and testifies to Talbot's interest in cuneiform based on his knowledge of ancient Persian. He studies the names of Greek gods and sign variation, makes cross linguistic comparisons and looks at grammatical forms. Talbot uses Botta's, Hinck's...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Akkadian, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Latin, and Persian, Old
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 notebook (62 folios, 127 pages of text)

388. Add MS 88942/1/25

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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)

389. Add MS 88942/1/16

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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)

390. Add MS 88942/1/19

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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)