[DCRM-L] (B3) 1D5: Latin alternative title?

[Lenore Rouse]

  OK I take back my earlier view on this. I think John is right, but 9 
times out of 10 "seu" does introduce an alternative title. Not sure what 
this example was meant to illustrate but another example might be more 
helpful.

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On 10/16/2011 4:03 PM, John Attig wrote:
> I wouldn't rely on my Latin expertise, but it seems to me that this is 
> a case of two adjectives connected "seu" rather than two titles -- and 
> thus is not an alternative title.
>
>         John Attig
>         Authority Control Librarian
>         Penn State University
>         jxa16 at psu.edu
>
> On 10/16/2011 2:41 PM, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:
>>
>> /Does this example exemplify an alternative title, and should the 
>> "seu" therefore be surrounded by commas and "legatine" be 
>> capitalized? (Note that the example is slightly altered from B2; the 
>> form below has been corrected by comparison per the DCRM Editorial 
>> Guidelines.) /
>>
>> //
>>
>> 1D5. Other title information with grammatically inseparable elements
>>
>> If the other title information includes a statement of responsibility 
>> or an element belonging to another area, and the element is a 
>> grammatically inseparable part of the other title information 
>> according to one or more of the conditions enumerated in 1B1.1, 
>> transcribe it as other title information.
>>
>> Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis Anglicane : cu[m] 
>> subtilissima interpretatione d[omi]ni Johannis de Athon
>>
>> (Comment: Statement of responsibility transcribed as part of other 
>> title information because of genitive case ending)
>>
>> //
>>
>> //
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>> //
>>
>> Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger 
>> Shakespeare Library
>>
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>> www.folger.edu
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