[DCRM-L] sequence consisting of a single misleadingly numbered page

[Noah Sheola]

Thank you Deborah and Richard,
I was also considering: 18, viii [i.e. vi] pages. Plus a 500 note: five
unnumbered pages and a page numbered "viii" follow page 18. What do you
think?
Best,
Noah

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 9:33 AM Noble, Richard <richard_noble at brown.edu>
wrote:

> Hmmm... In an ideal world (descriptive bibliotopia?) the statement would
> *start* with the word pages: pages 18, [5], 'viii', which is somewhat
> less ambiguous. Even so, what we have in 300 may be an uncomfortable and
> not always coherent sequence of page counts--the reason for the "pages ..."
> statement that I append to full collation notes, following the total number
> of physical leaves (including initial, internal, and terminal integral
> blank leaves). The 300 by itself is not always diagnostic for variants.
>
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>
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 1:09 PM Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at folger.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Noah,
>>
>>
>>
>> First of all, count everything in terms of pages. See DCRM(B) 5B3.1: If
>> unnumbered pages or leaves (printed or blank) are not included in a
>> sequence of pagination or foliation, count them according to the terms used
>> to describe the rest of the publication.
>>
>>
>>
>> In situations like yours, I've used single quotation marks to indicate a
>> single anomalously numbered page. So: *18, [5], 'viii' pages*.
>>
>>
>>
>> Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie at folger.edu |
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* DCRM-L [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] *On Behalf Of *Noah
>> Sheola
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 09 July, 2019 11:20
>> *To:* DCRM Users' Group
>> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] sequence consisting of a single misleadingly
>> numbered page
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Say you have a sequence of 18 numbered pages, 2 unnumbered leaves (I am
>> calling them leaves since they printed on one side only), 1 unnumbered
>> page, and finally 1 page numbered "viii". How should I describe this? If I
>> go with "18 pages, [2] leaves, [1], viii pages" it implies that there is a
>> sequence of eight pages where there is actually just one.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Noah
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Noah Sheola
>>
>> Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
>>
>> John J. Burns Library
>>
>> Boston College
>>
>

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