[DCRM-L] Alternating leaf counts in 12mo book

[Matthew C. Haugen]

Hi Christine,

I found the following at: https://manual.stcv.be/p/Collation_Formula

Gatherings with regularly alternating numbers of folios can be amalgamated
> into a series formula, where the two numbers are given in superscript and
> separated by a forward slash. If there is an odd number of gatherings, the
> final gathering, regular or not, is mentioned separately. The first number
> in superscript always corresponds to the number of folios from the first
> gathering of the series, the second number always corresponds to the number
> of leaves from the last gathering of the series.



*Examples*

A4 B8 C4 D8 E4 F8 becomes A-F4/8

A8 B4 C8 D4 E8 F4 G8 becomes A-F8/4 G8

I hope that helps!


Matt

On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 4:29 PM Christine Bone <Christine.Bone at umanitoba.ca>
wrote:

> Hello DCRM-L.
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> I have a 12mo book where the leaf counts alternate from one gathering to
> the next: A⁸B⁴C⁸D⁴ and so on.
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> Is there a shorthand to reflect this, or do I need to list them all
> individually?
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> Thanks!
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> Christine Bone | Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian | University of
> Manitoba Libraries | 204.474.7853 | christine.bone at umanitoba.ca
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Matthew C. Haugen
Rare Book Cataloger | Columbia University Libraries
matthew.haugen at columbia.edu | 212-851-2451 | he/him/his
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