[DCRM-L] Asterism

[Schneider, Nina]

Hi Deborah

Yes, I've cataloged more than one book with an asterism. It took a while to find the correct term, but it's in Robinson's Dictionary of Graphical Symbols (London, 1972). A most useful book.

Nina


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Nina M. Schneider
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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 6:19 PM
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Subject: [DCRM-L] Asterism

This is going around on facebook just now: there's a name for the pyramid of three asterisks: asterism.  We can use it in signature statements instead of trying to describe it, a la "[three asterisks in a pyramid]" .

http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/13-punctuation-marks-that-you-never-knew-existed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterism_%28typography%29

Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library
djleslie at folger.edu<mailto:djleslie at folger.edu> | 202.675-0369 | www.folger.edu<http://www.folger.edu>

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