[DCRM-L] Symbol used in preliminary signatures

[Noble, Richard]

It's an asterism, though I don't think I'd use the term without explaining
it. It's a legit typographical term, but rather esoteric, rather like
"apostrophus" for "turned C" (which is literally what a turned C is). I
suppose it's still as asterism, even when, as here, it appears to be an
arrangement of full stops, not stars.

If this were simply the third preliminary signature, preceded by * and 2*,
I'd call it 3*; but in this case it isn't intended to represent a multiple
of asterisks, as is sometimes the case.

Further comment would be welcomed by me.

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On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Barbara Tysinger <btysingr at email.unc.edu>wrote:

>  Hi All,
>
> I need opinions on the symbol used to sign the preliminaries in a book I
> am cataloging.
>
> The book is: *Artzneybuch Fast wunder köstlich ...* Königsperg in
> Preussen : durch Johann Daubman, M. D. LV.
>
> You can see the symbol here:
> ​​
> ​​
> http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:1-318026-p0005-7
>
> My main question, is this an asterism ⁂ or a "therefore" sign ∴ ?
> Secondary to that, since neither symbol can be reproduced on OCLC, what is
> the preferred bracketed term for each?
>
> ⁂ = [asterism] or [triple star]
>
> ∴ = [therefore] or [triple dot]
>
> or something else entirely!
>
> Thank you,
> Barbara
> ...................All opinions are entirely my own....................
>
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