[DCRM-L] Suignatures Question

[Noble, Richard]

Consult Appendix G in DCRM(B) (which you've linked in your query), which
correlates symbols and contractions with their correct transcriptions.

RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
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On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 4:45 PM Jesse Lambertson <lambertson at uchicago.edu>
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> Hello Rare book cataloging wisdoms
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> I am cataloging a copy of :
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> Prima [-qvarta] pars consi. Patri Pavli Parisii : Pontificii caesareiqve
> ivr. consultissimi, ex innumeris quibus scatebat mendis, olim purgata, nunc
> vero maiore cura pristino candori poenitus restituta, nec non argumentis
> locupletissimis illustrata, ac praeter locupletissimum indicem elementario
> ordine confectum (1552)
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> *The registrum lists the signature for volume 1 as*: a-i, k-u, x-[ᶾ] and
> then I think, ‘et’ [as shown on this Folger blog post:
> https://collation.folger.edu/2014/05/abbreviations-and-signatures/] and
> another character of which I have no idea, but it looks like a ‘2’ (which
> is the last character in the signature)
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> Should I represent ‘et’ as ‘et’ in the signature?
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> Is ᶾ transcribed as ‘es?” (just want to make sure)
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> And what might that last character be?
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> I have a feeling it might be ‘con.’
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> Described here? http://rbms.info/files/dcrm/dcrmb/DCRMB3.pdf
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> I would appreciate a little guidance on this 1552 (5 volumes bound in 2)
> book.
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> Thank you
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> Jesse A Lambertson
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> Metadata / Digital Resources Librarian
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> University of Chicago – D’Angelo Law Library
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> lambertson at uchicago.edu
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> ph: 773-702-9620
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