Philological notes, 1832-1853, mainly n.d.
File
MS. WHF Talbot 21
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- brief notes titled 'Philolog. Museum 14 April. 1832'
- brief list of words and their usage in different language headed '20 Sept/42',
- philological notes titled [Mal?], 24 Nov 1849
- philological notes headed 'April 11/53'
- notes on [Greek?] words, n.d.
- notes on the names 'Africa' and 'Atlantic Ocean', n.d.
- notes on the word 'sacrilegus', n.d.
- notes on the word 'Oceanus', n.d.
- notes on the word 'Briton', n.d.
- list of words headed '+ last article was Marsh Mallow', n.d.
- philological notes headed 'Sent to Cox 13 Feb', n.y.
- philological notes headed 'Sent to Cox 6 Jany', n.y.
- philological notes headed 'sent to Cox Jany 7', n.y.
- notes on 'Elephant', n.d.
- philological notes commencing 'Let me now call your attention to another corruption of ye text', n.d.
- philological notes on 'to sprout', n.d.
- philological notes titled 'Contributions to the most ancient Geography', n.d.
- philological notes commencing 'shooting out ye tongue', n.d.
- miscellaneous philological notes mainly on 'plain', n.d.
- notes in wrapper titled 'Names of Plants' outlining the history of the names 'gutta percha' [trees of the genus Palaquium], n.d.
- notes in wrapper titled 'Ordinary' on various words and phrases, n.d.
- brief notes in wrapper titled 'Origines Latinæ', n.d.
- notes in wrapper titled 'Proper Names', n.d.
- notes on the history and usage of various words in wrapper titled 'Appendix', n.d.
- miscellaneous philological notes, apparently Page 12 of an unspecified work, n.d.
- note 'ancient, and ensign', apparently page 13 of an unspecified work, n.d.
- philological notes labelled 'C.S.', n.d.
- notes labelled 'Aya Shah Mahmud Kishwar Kushay', n.d.
- notes on the word 'omlet', n.d.
- notes on the word 'Java', n.d.
- notes on the words 'Emery' and 'Emerald', n.d.
- miscellaneous list of words commencing, and possibly connected, with 'altitude', n.d.
- [philological?] notes commencing 'Hercules killed the dragon who guarded the golden', n.d.
- notes on the word [Doule?], n.d.
- philological notes headed 'Nov 25' partly relating to 'Abaddon', n.d.
- philological notes possibly relating to 'Abaddon', n.d.
- notes, headed 'G', on various words, n.d.
- notes on the 'act of doing' and the word 'design', n.d.
- brief [philological] note on 'speak or die', n.d.
- philological notes titled 'Gk Epigram', n.d.
- notes relating to various usages and expressions of [move?], n.d.
- notes commencing 'chime, charm', n.d.
- [philological?] notes titled 'Addenda', n.d.
- notes on [possible origin of [accensun?] in Greek?], n.d.
- notes 'many words beginning with S have been improved by grammar', n.d.
- notes on usage of 'to hire', n.d.
- notes on the word 'Tatler', n.d.
- notes on the word 'scullion', n.d.
- note on the origin of the word 'artichoke' , n.d.
- philological notes on the word [conjurer?], n.d.
- notes on the origins of the word 'bracken', n.d.
- notes on the origins of the word 'interjections', n.d.
- notes on the Swedish usage of the word 'buttercup', n.d.
- notes titled 'Some names wch have' on names which 'are capable of more than one explana[tion]', n.d.
- notes on the word 'ear' and its origins in Welsh, English, Latin and Greek, n.d.
- notes on the word 'Mille', n.d.
- notes on the word 'Vexillum', n.d.
- notes headed 'Queen Elizths Wardbrobe p. 62' concerning the definition of the words 'Capha' or 'Caffa', n.d.
- brief notes on inscription relating to Lucius Verus, n.d.
- notes on the origins of the word 'Vafer', n.d.
- notes on the origins and meaning of the word 'suffer', n.d.
- notes on the origins of the word 'calamitas', n.d.
- notes on the word 'kugel', n.d.
- notes on the word 'abomination', n.d.
- notes regarding the difference between how people in 'ancient times' and 'the present day' viewed their language and the origins of words, n.d.
- notes on the word 'febris'
- notes titled '[Concilier?]' relating to the meaning and origins of the 'consul' and 'council'
- brief notes on 'Anathemar', n.d.
- brief notes on a translation of 'Mountains of Paradise', n.d.
- notes titled 'The same word in difft languages', n.d.
- notes titled 'Proper Names' on the definition of Colbatch', n.d.
- notes titled 'Proper Names' on the definition of Colbatch', n.d.
- brief note on the usage of the word 'wanton', n.d.
- notes on the meaning of the word 'constellations', n.d.
Dates
- 1832-1853, mainly n.d.
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. WHF Talbot 21
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk