[DCRM-L] Form of preferred name for pre-1801 persons

[Kate Moriarty]

I'm sorry, that LCRI citation should have been: LCRI 22.1B *Sources for
Names Treated as Authors* 2).

-Kate


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Kate Moriarty <moriarks at slu.edu> wrote:

> In determining the form of preferred name for a pre-1801 person, is there
> an equivalent for LCRI 22.1B 2) in RDA?
>
> Here are the two rules.
>
> LCRI 22.1B. 2): For persons living before 1801, when chief sources of
> information show one form of name and another form is used in modern
> reference sources in the person's language, prefer the latter.
>
>
> RDA 9.2.2.5.4 Spelling:
>  If:
> variant spellings of a person’s name are found
> and
> these variations are not the result of different transliterations
>  then:
> choose the form of name found in the first resource received.
>
> In the 1711 work I'm cataloging, the colophon (a prescribed, not a chief
> source of information, I know) names the printer as "Jacque Quillau"
> (without an s) but the Bibliothèque nationale de France uses "Jacques
> Quillau" (with an s) as their authorized form.
>
> LCRI 22.1B 2) would instruct to use the BnF form, "Jacques," in the 100
> but it appears that RDA 9.2.2.5.4 is encouraging "Jacque." Is that a
> correct interpretation?
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide,
> Kate
>
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