[DCRM-L] Appendix G

[Laurence Creider]

This whole section is such a great improvement on the first edition 
equivalents.  Thank you very much.

Here are some comments that have not appeared in previous posts, some 
going beyond your instructions:

Perhaps the sources for the tables should be stated?  Should there not be 
a reference to more extensive lists of the contractions in G3?

Sometimes the "early contractions" are abbreviations for whole words such 
as those for Christus, scilicet, sed or both abbreviations for whole words 
or contractions for portions of words (e.g., the form for quod.  Should 
the table be "Early contractions and abbreviations?" \

The abbreviation for es, ius, and us, is sometimes also used for -et or 
-ed.

The note for the macron should read "often replaces several letters."  I 
think its single most common use outside of the sacred names is to 
indicate a nasal as in co[n]summatu[m].

The contraction for "sed" looks very much like the early forms for ss or 
sz. Perhaps the form of the abbreviation for [ed] could be closer to a 
semicolon?

G4, how about repeating the superscript 24 on the last line for "vv 
representing single letter?" and adapting the note to cover the conversion 
of lower to uppercase?

Hope this is of some help.
 	Larry

Laurence S. Creider, Ph.D., M.S.L.S.
Head, General Cataloging Unit
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM  88003
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