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I like Stefan's suggestion, with one quibble—the fact that there's an pi<sup>4</sup> in the signature statement means that there's an initial unsigned gathering of four leaves, making the explanation redundant. </div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(46, 116, 181);">______________________</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(46, 116, 181);">Deborah J Leslie
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M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare Library | <a href="mailto:djleslie@folger.edu" style="color: rgb(46, 116, 181); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
djleslie@folger.edu</a> | Opinions her own</span></p>
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<b>Cc:</b> Duhr, Stefan <Stefan.Duhr@sbb.spk-berlin.de>; jennifer_dunlap@brown.edu <jennifer_dunlap@brown.edu><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Hello Jennifer, </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="">As a newcomer to this list and from my own experience with this topic (<a href="https://verbundwiki.gbv.de/x/HYD_Cw" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://verbundwiki.gbv.de/x/HYD_Cw</a>), I would make a distinction
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="">The formula would look like this:
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="">pi⁴ 2[par. curled]⁴ 2[par. straight]⁴ A-2I⁴; first gathering unsigned.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="">So far, I have only treated this case hypothetically (<a href="https://verbundwiki.gbv.de/download/attachments/201228317/Lagensignaturen_Vertiefung.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://verbundwiki.gbv.de/download/attachments/201228317/Lagensignaturen_Vertiefung.pdf</a>).
Do you have exact title details, or a link to an existing digital copy? </span></p>
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<b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 25. Februar 2025 18:09<br>
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<b>Betreff:</b> [EXT] [DCRM-L] Subject: Inferred [par.] in signature statement -- double square brackets or no?</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">I'm hoping the collective wisdom of the list can point me in the right direction of how best to render the signatures for the preliminary gatherings of the item I'm cataloging. The first
gathering is unsigned; gathering 2 signed </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">❡</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">❡</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> (paragraph mark with curled tail) and gathering 3, with
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">¶</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> (paragraph mark with straight tail). I'm inclined to render the inferred par. as [[par.]], with a note that it is unsigned
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Signatures: [[par.]]⁴ 2[par.]⁴ ²2[par.]⁴ A-2I⁴; first gathering unsigned. </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Alternatively, I could simply omit the second set of brackets and retain the unsigned note.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par.]⁴ ²2[par.]⁴ A-2I⁴; first gathering unsigned.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Since the type used for the [par.] signs for the second and third gathering are different I don't feel comfortable rendering the third gathering as 3[par.] with a missigned note. How
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Thanks in advance!
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