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<DIV dir=ltr id=idOWAReplyText27477><BR><FONT size=2>As a matter of interest the Oxford Latin Dictionary gives duodequinquagesimus for 48th (citing Cicero), so there is nothing irregular about 48mo though I would agree that with these formats -mo takes on a life of its own, as Jenny puts it. Definitely 48mo.<BR><BR>Brian<BR><BR>*********************************************<BR>Dr Brian Hillyard<BR>Rare Books and Music Collections Manager<BR>National Library of Scotland<BR>George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EW<BR>E-mail: b.hillyard@nls.uk<BR>Direct dial: +44 (0)131 623 3889<BR>Fax: +44 (0)131 623 3888<BR> please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [<A href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu">mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</A>] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie<BR>Sent: 19 September 2012 18:16<BR>To: 'DCRM Revision Group List'<BR>Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] 48mo?<BR><BR>I think the ending must reflect how people pronounce it. For example, we say 'octavo', so it's written as 8vo. But we say 'forty-eight' instead of 'quadragesimo octavo', making the written form '48mo'.<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [<A href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu">mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</A>] On Behalf Of jnelson@law.berkeley.edu<BR>Sent: Wednesday, 19 September 2012 12:50<BR>To: DCRM Revision Group List<BR>Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] 48mo?<BR><BR>16mo (sexto decimo), 18vo (decimo octavo), 24to (vicesimo quarto), 32o (trigesimo secundo), 64to (sexagesimo quarto)<BR><BR>these would be the correct forms if you are actually following the Latin.<BR><BR>It seems, though, that "mo" has taken on a life of its own in bibliography, whereby it is shorthand for something like "this format". So if that is the case, 48mo would be "correct" even though it does not represent what the Latin would be.<BR><BR>Jenny<BR><BR><BR><BR>> 16to, 18vo, 24to, 32o, 64to?<BR>><BR>> From: dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [<A href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu">mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</A>]<BR>> On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 12:02 PM<BR>> To: 'DCRM Revision Group List'<BR>> Subject: [DCRM-L] 48mo?<BR>><BR>> Or 48vo?<BR>><BR>><BR>> Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger<BR>> Shakespeare Library | 201 East Capitol St., S.E. | Washington, D.C.<BR>> 20003 djleslie@folger.edu<<A href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu">mailto:djleslie@folger.edu</A>> | 202.675-0369 |<BR>> <A href="http://www.folger.edu/">http://www.folger.edu</A><<A href="http://www.folger.edu/">http://www.folger.edu/</A>><BR>><BR>><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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