[DCRM-L] Brackets or no brackets?

[Patrick Crowley]

Hi!

I would rule out Option 1, as I think that, even if the title as
transcribed in the advertisements is a faithful transcription of the title
printed on the missing title page, it cannot record any mistakes or quirks
on the title page.

I think Option 3 is perhaps overly cautious, especially if you could
confirm that a couple of the other advertised titles are close
transcriptions of their title page. That rests on the others being
cataloged and your having access in person or to scans; I've not looked
into how available they are. Again, I think that kind of research would
mainly be warranted if you really wanted to rest easy. (I would probably
end up spending a little time on this, just to set my Lawful Good brain at
ease).

Option 2 seems to me the most pragmatic. It seems very likely that this
transcription is going to be fairly authoritative, not lease because of its
lengthy specificity. That's a good amount of type to set for an inaccurate
title page. And, absent the title page, this is a good and believable
title. So I think you are safe transcribing from that and adding
appropriate descriptive notes.

FWIW,

P

On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 2:18 PM Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at folger.edu>
wrote:

> I'm in a quandary about whether to use square brackets in the 245 and 260.
>
>
>
> *Condition*: An unrecorded music book is missing its title page. However,
> the last page has bookseller's advertisements which lists this very book,
> and there is imprint-like information at the head of the page.
>
>
>
> [image: A close up of text on a white background Description automatically
> generated]
>
>
>
> *Option*: Transcribe the title and the imprint from this source, and do
> not use square brackets because it's transcribed from the manifestation
>
>
>
> 245 02 A tutor to the violin, or, Apollo's banquet : ǂb containing a
> collection of new ayres, theater-tunes and jiggs : to which is added the
> tunes of French dances, as they are used at court and dancing-schools :
> also plain instructions for the understanding the gamut, and notes for tune
> and time on the violin.
>
>
>
> 260    [London] : ǂb Printed for John Playford, at his shop near the
> Temple Church, ǂc [between 1669 and 1687]
>
>
>
> *Option*: Transcribe the title and the imprint from this source, and use
> square brackets because although it's transcribed from the manifestation,
> it would be inappropriate to consider the advertisements as a title page
> substitute, as (dcrmb 0C3, 1B5)
>
>
>
> 245 03 [A tutor to the violin, or, Apollo's banquet : ǂb containing a
> collection of new ayres, theater-tunes and jiggs : to which is added the
> tunes of French dances, as they are used at court and dancing-schools :
> also plain instructions for the understanding the gamut, and notes for tune
> and time on the violin].
>
>
>
> 260    [London] : ǂb [Printed for John Playford, at his shop near the
> Temple Church], ǂc [between 1669 and 1687]
>
>
>
>
>
> *Option*: Not transcribe at all but supply data based on available
> information
>
>
>
> 245 03 [Tutor to the violin]
>
>
>
> 260    [London] : ǂb [John Playford], ǂc [between 1669 and 1687]
>
>
>
>
>
> What would you do?
>
>
>
> ______________________
>
> Deborah J Leslie (she/her) | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare Library
> | 201 East Capitol Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20003 | djleslie at folger.edu
>
>
>


-- 
Patrick Crowley (he/they)
Librarian for Metadata and Digital Projects
Hilton C. Buley Library
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent St,
New Haven, CT 06515
pcrowley4 at gmail.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserver.lib.byu.edu/pipermail/dcrm-l/attachments/20191028/8ea9354c/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 63172 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listserver.lib.byu.edu/pipermail/dcrm-l/attachments/20191028/8ea9354c/attachment-0001.jpg>