[DCRM-L] how to code languages for visual documents that are essentially non-verbal

[Erin Blake]

It depends on the nature of the handwritten text. In the case of an
artist's proof, the annotation saying so belongs to the print "as issued"
so it counts as language content. It's not that a curator did some research
years later, determined it was an artist's proof, then hand-wrote that on
the sheet (because that's not how artist's proofs work: they're prints from
a limited edition that are reserved for the artist’s personal use, so the
phrase "Artist's proof" or "A/P" gets hand-written on them instead of a
limited edition number).

Similarly, if the artist hand-wrote a title in the lower margin of a
limited edition print, that counts as "language content". If, on the other
hand, a dealer hand-wrote the catalogue raisonné title two centuries later,
it doesn't count.

Erin.

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On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 3:32 PM L'Écuyer-Coelho, Marie-Chantal <
MC.Coelho at banq.qc.ca> wrote:

> Dear RBMS colleagues,
>
>
>
> I would like to submit a question regarding the coding of language(s) in
> the MARC records fixed fields. For our collection of original prints and
> drawings, we have always used the code "zxx" in 008:35 unless text was
> printed on the source of information. In other words, when cataloguing an
> engraving with the title penciled under the image, we would not take into
> account the penciled text and would use the code zxx. Looking however at
> the PPOC, I saw examples where the language of manuscript information
> present in the source of information appears to be coded (e.g.
> https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010647308/, where the coding “eng”
> probably relates to the annotation “Artist’s proof”).
>
> In MARC 21, I found the following information : “For all other still
> images, including original or historical graphic material and opaque and
> non-opaque graphic material, and for three-dimensional artifacts, subfield
> $a contains the code(s) of languages associated with the material, i.e.,
> captions or other text associated with the item or collection that are part
> of the chief source of information.” No distinction seems to be made based
> on whether the text is printed or handwritten … I also checked the DCM, but
> I did not find anything relevant to this issue.
>
>
>
> What do you think is the best practice? Should I continue to code "zxx" or
> take into account the language of the text handwritten on documents
> (including numbering statements and title)?
>
>
>
> As always, many thanks for sharing your cataloguing wisdom with me :)
>
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