<p>Dear DCRM-Listers,<br /> I was asked the below question by someone from the Latin for Catalogers workshop. Since it is a little out of my purview and expertise, I thought I would put it to this group.<br /> Best regards,<br /> Jenny<br /> <br /> Question:<br /> <br /> "...In DCRB, catalogers were instructed to transcribe the Tironian sign for "et" as "[et]" if they were unable to reproduce it. DCRMB 0G8.2 says to transcribe a Tironian sign as an ampersand without brackets. When DCRMB was published, I didn't understand the reason for this change, and I still don't. To me it seems better to transcribe a Trionian sign as '[et]' because it is from a special shorthand system and the ampersand was created from the ligature of the word 'et' ... do you have any insight into this rule change?"</p>
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<pre class="moz-signature">-- <br />Jennifer K. Nelson<br />Reference Librarian<br />The Robbins Collection<br />UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)<br />Berkeley, CA 94720<br /><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jnelson@law.berkeley.edu">jnelson@law.berkeley.edu</a><br />Tel: 510.643.9709<br />Fax: 510.642.8325<br /><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/robbins/">www.law.berkeley.edu/library/robbins/</a><br /><br /><br /></pre>