[DCRM-L] From Dan Rettberg, HUC Library, Cincinnati

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Hi Dan,

 

The division of the rules has nothing to do with whether there  is a
mixture of Arabic and nonroman signatures, but whether the nonroman
signatures express a numeric sequence or an alphabetic sequence. 

 

7B9.7 applies to all signature statements containing nonroman numeric
sequences. This can apply to a mixture of Arabic numerals and nonroman
numerals, as well as Hebrew (Greek, Church Slavic, &c.) numeric
sequences only. If I remember your research, nearly all Hebrew signings
follow a numeric sequence, right? You had to look hard to find some that
expressed an alphabetic sequence. 

 

7B9.8-11 applies to alphabetic sequences of nonroman characters. 7B9.8
is the general rule. It is then followed by particular rules for Greek
(7B9.9) and Hebrew (7B9.10). Then we move into the scripts for which
printers did not follow standard sequence (Church Slavic), or where a
standard sequence is not known (7B9.11). 

 

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Rettberg, Dan
Sent: Friday, 11 January, 2008 12:32
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Subject: [DCRM-L] From Dan Rettberg, HUC Library, Cincinnati

 

Hello all--

 

I was reading in DCRM B this morning on the subject of non-Roman
signatures (specifically those signed in Hebrew script) and find I
remain a bit confused on the subject. There are two separate paragraphs
dealing in some way with Hebrew script signatures, namely 7B9.7 on
Nonroman signatures (numeric sequence) and 7B9.10 Hebrew alphabetic
signatures. I thought I followed and understood the outcome of the
discussion of this matter on this list, but apparently I missed
something. Is 7B9.7 meant to apply to those signature statements that
include both Hebrew characters and Arabic numerals and 7B9.10 meant to
apply to those expressed in Hebrew characters only?

 

Thanks,

 

Dan Rettberg

Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer

Klau Library

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Cincinnati, Ohio

 

drettberg at huc.edu

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