[DCRM-L] How to transcribe an abbreviation

[Person, Mary]

Many thanks, Noah (and Kim, who replied privately) for your speedy and on point replies.  My eyes obviously brushed too quickly over 0.G9!

Best,
Mary

From: DCRM-L [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Noah Sheola
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2019 11:02 AM
To: DCRM Users' Group
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] How to transcribe an abbreviation

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<mailto:person at law.harvard.edu>> wrote:
Good morning Collected Wisdom,

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?
He also needs a name authority record so I want to be sure I’m handling the abbreviation properly there, too.

Thank you so much for insights!

Mary

Mary Person
Rare Books Cataloger/Reference Librarian
Historical & Special Collections
Harvard Law School Library




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Noah Sheola
Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
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