[DCRM-L] FW: query re. use of deep parentheses in 300$c

[Matthew C. Haugen]

Hi Karen, You are right that this means MDCII, and it would be transcribed
as MDCII.

The chart in Appendix G2 of DCRM(B) addresses how to transcribe an inverted
C used to form Roman numeral M or D. This is called an apostrophus, and
cI[inverted c] means, is transcribed as M; I[inverted c] is transcribed as
D.

Matt

On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 2:58 PM Karen Nelson <karenjnelson at uvic.ca> wrote:

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> Re. 4D2.1 *If the date appears in roman numerals, transcribe the date as
> it appears*
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> Hello!
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> Just getting started with DCRMB.
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> Our item in hand includes the publishing date of *c I) I) CII *– that is,
> it includes what we have seen described as “deep parentheses”.
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> it actually reads: *lower case c / upper case I / “backwards” lower case
> c / upper case I / backwards lower case c* and then *CII*.
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> Which appears to mean: MDCII or 1602?
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> But how to transcribe this in a MARC record (per 4D2.1)  without a
> character for the backwards c  on the keyboard??
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> Thanks for the assistance.
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> Karen
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Matthew C. Haugen
Rare Book Cataloger | Columbia University Libraries
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