[DCRM-L] Question about tironian notes in DCRM(B)

[jnelson at law.berkeley.edu]

Dear DCRM-Listers,
 I was asked the below question by someone from the
Latin for Catalogers workshop. Since it is a little out of my purview and
expertise, I thought I would put it to this group.
 Best regards,
 Jenny


Question:

 "...In DCRB, catalogers were instructed to transcribe the
Tironian sign for "et" as "[et]" if they were unable to reproduce it. DCRMB
0G8.2 says to transcribe a Tironian sign as an ampersand without brackets.
When DCRMB was published, I didn't understand the reason for this change,
and I still don't. To me it seems better to transcribe a Trionian sign as
'[et]' because it is from a special shorthand system and the ampersand was
created from the ligature of the word 'et' ... do you have any insight into
this rule change?" 

-- 
Jennifer K. Nelson
Reference Librarian
The Robbins
Collection
UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
Berkeley, CA
94720
jnelson at law.berkeley.edu [1]
Tel: 510.643.9709
Fax:
510.642.8325
www.law.berkeley.edu/library/robbins/ [2]



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mailto:jnelson at law.berkeley.edu
[2]
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/robbins/
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