[DCRM-L] Invocations

[Tony Curwen]

A week ago Deborah Leslie showed us an interesting pious invocation. Alas,  
this hasn't proved one of those Friday or Saturday afternoon diversions  
which elicit comments, questions and further examples.

A question, then: Do the relevant rules apply equally to non-Christian  
invocations? Once, when hunting for works which illustrated a variety of  
cataloguing problems, I found a Muslim book entitled Prophet Yunus  
(Alaihissalam). It is neither old nor rare, but its title shows the pious  
invocation commonly used after the name of the Prophet Mohammed and also  
others revered in Islam. I didn't pursue this line of enquiry at the time,  
so have no idea whether Muslim cataloguers invariably keep these  
invocations when recording titles and statements of responsibility or  
sometimes omit them.

[For those requiring a reference, this was example no.2 in my little  
magnum opus (magnum opus parvum?), ISBD manual : a guide... Paris :  
Unesco, 1990. The odd copy may still be gathering dust somewhere, long  
since overtaken by developments].

Have List users other examples of invocations, both Christian and Muslim  
and perhaps also from other faiths and persuasions?

Tony Curwen
Aberystwyth

Consultant, CERL (retired)
Lecturer, College of Librarianship Wales (even longer retired)


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