[DCRM-L] Cataloging 18th-century colonial document - "f" in place of "s"

[Margaret Nichols]

According to DCRM(B) G2. (in Appendix G), this 
phrase should be transcribed with an "s" for the "long s," i.e.:

In the yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred

That's my reading of it, anyway--

Best,

Margaret

At 09:58 AM 9/4/2009, Allison Rich wrote:
>Hello Sharon:
>
>According to the DCRM cataloguing rules even 
>though the letter resembles an "f" it is truly an "s".
>It's just most often called a "long s" and is a 
>convention of typography, not a change in the letter.
>
>So you would represent the 245 as:
>
>In the yeare of our Lord Chrift one thousand seven hundred
>
>The rules of converting and repesenting i's and 
>j's, u's and v's can also be found in DCRM.
>
>The rules of capitalization can be found in AACR2.
>
>Have fun,
>~Allison
>
>
>
>
>>Good morning,
>>
>>I’m a novice cataloger of rare documents and 
>>have a question for the much more knowledgable 
>>members of the list. I’m cataloging an 18^th 
>>century deed in which the letter which 
>>resembles “f” is occasionally used where modern 
>>writers use “s.” For example, the first line of 
>>this document reads, in part, “
In the yeare of 
>>our Lord Chrift one thoufand Seven Hundred
” 
>>This is the line we will be using for our 
>>title. In the 245 field in our MARC record, my 
>>fellow cataloger and I are debating how to 
>>represent this letter. Should we use our modern 
>>“f,” as I’ve done above, since it most closely 
>>resembles the letter used at the time? Should 
>>we replace that letter with “[s]” to designate 
>>what the letter represents to the modern 
>>reader? Should we use an “s” without brackets? 
>>And one more question: what is this letter called?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any and all help!
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>"Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend,
>and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx"
>
>Allison Rich
>Catalogue Librarian
>John Carter Brown Library
>Providence, Rhode Island
>Allison_Rich at brown.edu
>
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Margaret Nichols
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