MIscellaneous notes

Title

MIscellaneous notes

Shelfmark

MS. WHF Talbot 23

Summary

Comprises

notes and drafts on Esarhaddon, n.d.

note citing 'Bosanquet on the Chronology of the Assyrians, see Athenm. /57 p. 1120', n.d.

notes titled 'Addenda Corrigida', n.d.

notes, in wrapper, titled 'Hermes', n.d.

notes on a Greek proverbial saying, n.d.

[Greek] exercise, n.d.

[Greek] exercise, n.d.

brief note [in Greek?], n.d.

note of [quotation?] commencing 'Th. are my [impov] a wise man will not attempt lest he bring his house down abt his ears', n.d.

brief note on Mysians, n.d.

brief note on the 'Golden horse at Constple', n.d.

notes and drafts, in wrapper, titled 'Epistola Critica', n.d.

notes and drafts titled 'Notes of an Antiquary', n.d.

four pages of mathematical calculations and notes, n.d.

list of merchants, not in the hand of Talbot but found with his research notes, n.d.

notes on 'Donaldson's Varronianus 2d p. 163', n.d.

note 'Non ante vulgatas per Artes. Hor.', n.d.

brief note titled 'Gardens of Alcinous', n.d.

notes on 'Pelican's piety – well known in XIII centy (Lit Gaz 47 p. 150)', n.d.

notes commencing [Karl Richard] 'Lepsius says that the hypothesis of the follg 3 being ye same', n.d.

notes titled 'Chapter. The stories wh are current to account for ye names of places are generally inventions', n.d.

note headed 'Shaksp.' citing source 'Athenm / 52 p. 71, n.d.

note of Shakespeare quotation, n.d.

label 'Etymology', n.d.

notes of bibliographic references titled 'Arethusa', n.d.

notes commencing 'in order to prevent the waste of fuel in an ordinary grate', n.d.

blank page headed 'Confertus', n.d.

miscellaneous field notes, seemingly compiled whilst travelling, including notes on distances between places in Europe, n.d.

list titled 'Proposed order' commencing with King then Minister, n.d.

part of a draft relating to taxes, n.d.

list of references of works on paupers, n.d.

note in French, n.d.

drawings and notes of chess moves, n.d.

notes in French, n.d.

notes on 'Ancient Armenia, and its gods', n.d.

list, not in Talbot's hand, of books on politics, government and history with a draft on 'Dr Parr's list and his observations on different books', n.d.

Date

n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box