[DCRM-L] Non-standard signatures format

[Robert Steele]

I would suggest adding a note after the signature statement: The first leaf
in each gathering is signed "6S", "6T", etc.

Robert Steele
Cataloging Librarian
Jacob Burns Law Library
George Washington University

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 9:16 AM Patrick Crowley <pcrowley4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>
>
> --
> Patrick Crowley (he/they)
> Metadata Librarian for Cataloging and Digital Projects
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