[DCRM-L] Vocabulary question: Leaves or Folios/Pages/Spreads for Ledger

[Nicholas A. Sparks]

Individual leaves within a book or manuscript are identified for reference
by folio or page numbers, and a finished sheet when folded halfwise
produces folios or leaves which can be assembled into gatherings; but
foliation, like pagination, has to do with the series of numbers added to
leaves for identification, not for determining material or format. Of
course Erin is right in speaking of a “double-page spread shows a
single-numbered opening” and you have good case for referring to leaves in
this context, in my view.

On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 7:04 am, Erin Blake via DCRM-L <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
wrote:

> I'd go with "leaves" and make a note explaining that the verso of each
> leaf bears the number of the following leaf such that a double-page spread
> shows a single-numbered opening.
>
> As for justifying "leaves" over "pages", the answer to that is that there
> are 314 physical leaves and the number "314" appears on the recto of the
> last one, not the number "627".
>
> EB.
>
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> On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 5:09 PM Karen Meyer-Roux via DCRM-L <
> dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I used the term “leaves” for a ledger where facing leaves or pages are
>> given the same number. See the description in a note field:
>>
>>
>>
>> *Sections in the ledger: leaves 1-71: Pictures (stock numbers 1291-3861);
>> leaves 249-274: Drawings (stock numbers 582-1373); leaves 282-285: Engraved
>> plates; leaves 302-314: China.*
>>
>>
>>
>> There are annotations in the ledger using the term “folio”(i.e., “For
>> this picture, see folio ….”).  Perhaps I should have used the term “Folios”
>> instead of “Leaves.”  The term “Leaves” was not well received, and I was
>> asked to justify why I did not use the term “Pages.” The term “Leaves” (or
>> Folios) is technically not correct (as you can see in the attached images,
>> Verso of “Folio” 91 is numbered 92), but “Leaves” seems less incorrect than
>> “Pages”.  The term “Spread” is technically more accurate.  Is this term
>> used?  What term would you use in that situation?
>>
>>
>>
>> I don’t have digital images of the ledger, which has the numbers stamped
>> instead of written by hand.  The ledger was possibly purchased with the
>> numbers already stamped.
>>
>> I’ve attached images of another ledger that shows the numbering by hand
>> on facing leaves/pages.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Karen
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Karen Meyer-Roux, PhD
>>
>> Archivist | Collections Management
>>
>> Getty Research Institute
>>
>> T (310) 440 7634  |  getty.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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