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

[Jane Stemp Wickenden]

Noah,

That is how I would have tackled it; others may disagree, of course.

Best wishes,

Jane.

On 12 July 2019 14:46:05 BST, Noah Sheola <sheola at bc.edu> wrote:
>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.
>>
>> RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
>> BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
>> <Richard_Noble at Br <RICHARD_NOBLE at BROWN.EDU>own.edu>
>>
>>
>> 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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