[DCRM-L] Question re: Manuscript Waste Binding Term

[JOHN LANCASTER]

I don't know that it's specified anywhere, but I'd expect the date to refer to the date of the binding. If I wanted to describe the manuscript fragment, I'd make a separate entry for it.

John Lancaster


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> On Apr 17, 2015, at 12:15 PM, Erin Schreiner <ESchreiner at nysoclib.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm posting this on behalf of my colleague, Laura O'Keefe:
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> When we use “Manuscript waste (Binding)” in a 655 field and include a time period (for instance, ǂy 16th century), does that time period refer to the century when the volume in hand was bound, or to the date of the manuscript itself?
> 
> I’m sure the answer to this question is in the literature in a blindingly obvious place, but since I can’t find it, I’ve come to you with cataloging hat in hand.  Many thanks for any advice.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Laura K. O’Keefe
> Head of Cataloging and Special Collections
> The New York Society Library