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

[Shannon Kupfer]

Thanks to everyone for the help!  And Allison, no worries.  I had a
feeling you meant to type an "s" in "Christ."

Steven, yes, I noticed the lack of crossbar in the long "s."  In fact,
when I looked closely, I saw that it resembles our upper-case script
"s."  It's funny, because in no time my brain started translating it and
I hardly gave it a second thought.  I'll become a manuscript cataloger
yet!

Thanks again, Allison, Margaret, and Steven, for all the help.  Have a
wonderful holiday weekend, all!

Shannon Kupfer, Digital/Tangible Media Cataloger

State Library of Ohio

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-----Original Message-----
From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Allison Rich
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 11:20 AM
To: skuce at MIT.EDU
Cc: 'DCRM Revision Group List'
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Cataloging 18th-century colonial document - "f" in
place of "s"

Hi Stephen:

> Margaret's right, and I think Allison meant to type "... Christ" as
well,
> just as she'd typed "thousand."
>   

Ooops, my bad!
Yes, I did mean to make it an "s" in Chrift.

> It isn't always easy to see, but the "s" and "f" are slightly
different: the
> crossbar in the "f" goes all the way through. In the long "s" there's
either
> no bar at all, or there's a spur on one side only.
>   

It isn't always the easiest thing to spot but, with practice, you won't 
even have to
think about them much any more.

Good luck, and thanks for catching my mistake, Stephen.

~Allison

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a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog, 
it's too dark to read. 
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Allison Rich
Catalogue Librarian
John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
Allison_Rich at brown.edu

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