<div dir="ltr">It depends on the nature of the handwritten text. In the case of an artist's proof, the annotation saying so belongs to the print "as issued" so it counts as language content. It's not that a curator did some research years later, determined it was an artist's proof, then hand-wrote that on the sheet (because that's not how artist's proofs work: they're prints from a limited edition that are reserved for the artist’s personal use, so the phrase "Artist's proof" or "A/P" gets hand-written on them instead of a limited edition number). <div><br></div><div>Similarly, if the artist hand-wrote a title in the lower margin of a limited edition print, that counts as "language content". If, on the other hand, a dealer hand-wrote the catalogue raisonné title two centuries later, it doesn't count.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Erin.<br><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">______________________<br></span></a><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Erin Blake, Ph.D. | Senior Cataloger | Folger
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 3:32 PM L'Écuyer-Coelho, Marie-Chantal <<a href="mailto:MC.Coelho@banq.qc.ca">MC.Coelho@banq.qc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear RBMS colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I would like to submit a question regarding the coding of language(s) in the MARC records fixed fields. For our collection of original prints and drawings, we have always used the
code "zxx" in 008:35 unless text was printed on the source of information. In other words, when cataloguing an engraving with the title penciled under the image, we would not take into account the penciled text and would use the code zxx. Looking however at
the PPOC, I saw examples where the language of manuscript information present in the source of information appears to be coded (e.g.
<a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010647308/" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010647308/</a><span style="color:black">, where the coding “eng” probably relates to the annotation “Artist’s proof”</span>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In MARC 21, I found the following information : “For all other still images, including original or historical graphic material and opaque and non-opaque graphic material, and for
three-dimensional artifacts, subfield $a contains the code(s) of languages associated with the material, i.e., captions or other text associated with the item or collection that are part of the chief source of information.” No distinction seems to be made
based on whether the text is printed or handwritten … I also checked the DCM, but I did not find anything relevant to this issue.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What do you think is the best practice? Should I continue to code "zxx" or take into account the language of the text handwritten on documents (including numbering statements and
title)?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">As always, many thanks for sharing your cataloguing wisdom with me :)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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