[DCRM-L] question regarding date

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Very interesting, Lyle. Our continental cataloger had not seen that
before, either. Looking at it, it becomes a little clearer that it's
meant to be 5 100's = 500 

 

DCRMB 0G9 says to transcribe superscript letters on the baseline, unless
the meaning would be affected as in a mathematical formula. One can
certainly argue that vc is a mathematical formula, and since a
superscript c is not part of our character set, it should be transcribed
as you have: 

Mv[superscript c]xxj. 

 

On the other hand, it's not at all clear to me that verbally describing
the superscript makes the meaning any clearer. I think I would
transcribe the 'c' baseline, and then make a note. I.e.,

 

260 Mvcxxj [1521]

500 The 'c' in the imprint is superscript, indicating multiplication:
5(100) = 500 {or something like that}

  

 

From: buettnerl at csl.edu [mailto:buettnerl at csl.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, 24 March, 2009 13:26
To: dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
Cc: Deborah J. Leslie
Subject: RE: [DCRM-L] question regarding date

 

Deborah,

 

I attached two files.  The list serv may strip them out, so I cc'd a
copy to your Folger email.  

 

The attached items are some German translations of Erasmus.

 

Lyle

 

 

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