[DCRM-L] Non-standard signatures format

[Patrick Crowley]

Morning,

I'm sure that others will pipe up with more informed practices, but 1) good
question and 2) according to Bowers, no distinction is drawn in collation
between a printer's usage of Aaaaaa and 6A. Both would end up rendered 6A.
You can find this in an extended note in Bowers on Chapter 5, Section
1.B.i.b "Doubled and other multiple signings." The specific bit is on p.
207 of the 2005 Oak Knoll reprint. But the entire note is worth a read to
your larger point of being sensitive to typography in signatures. Earlier
in the note he explicitly accepts that his approach introduces ambiguity
into the collational format.

I'm not sure if others have a other practices that more granularly catch
the typographic oddities in a signature.

Have a great day!

P

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 8:37 AM Tess Amram <amram at bc.edu> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I've got a folio with signatures 6S-7B². That is, the first leaf in each
> gathering is actually signed "6S", "6T", etc., not Ssssss, Tttttt. Is there
> an already-established way to represent it when it's got a number and
> letter printed in the signature?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tess Amram
>
> --
> they/them
>
> Special Collections Cataloging Specialist
> Burns Library
> Boston College
>


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