[DCRM-L] How to transcribe an abbreviation

[Noah Sheola]

I believe this situation is covered by section 0.G9 of dcrmb. So "Thos."
would be the transcription.

On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:50 AM Person, Mary <person at law.harvard.edu> wrote:

> Good morning Collected Wisdom,
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> I‘m looking at an engraving from 1753. One of the creators’ names is
> printed as “Tho.s Gibson” –but the “s” is suspended above and to the right
> of the period (.) --not on the same line as the rest of the name.  In the
> catalog record I’ve transcribed it as Tho.s Gibson –is that correct?  Or is
> there a rule about that situation that I’ve overlooked?
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> He also needs a name authority record so I want to be sure I’m handling
> the abbreviation properly there, too.
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> Thank you so much for insights!
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> Mary
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> Mary Person
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> Rare Books Cataloger/Reference Librarian
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> Historical & Special Collections
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> Harvard Law School Library
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Noah Sheola
Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
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