[DCRM-L] Using manuscript waste (term vs. practice)

[Schneider, Nina]

Hi all,

I have a French book (1785) that has a damaged half-title leaf. As a repair, this leaf has been mounted on what appears to be a 19th C. letter (the verso of the letter is blank and it has been adhered, text-side down, making it difficult to read). 

I'd like to trace this situation in my catalog record. Is this an appropriate time to use "manuscript waste" in the RBMS Controlled Vocabularies Binding Terms thesaurus? I've never used the term and I usually think of manuscript waste as part of the binding, rather than the repair of a page, but just wanted to get an opinion before adding it.

Thanks!

Nina

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Nina M. Schneider
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