[DCRM-L] manuscript collation

[Colleen Fedewa]

Thank you for your advice.
Colleen
Colleen O. Fedewa, MLS
Acquisitions & Metadata Librarian
Kelvin Smith Library
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106
colleen.fedewa at case.edu| (216)-368-3535 <(216)%20368-3535>


On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 12:45 PM Deborah J. Leslie via DCRM-L <
dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu> wrote:

> What a fun thing to catalog! I'm no expert in manuscript collation, or in
> full-sheet formats, so for what it's worth, since it is appears to be
> quired, I'd record the collation.
>
> I'm not entirely sure what's going on here: [K]4 (K4 + [chi]1. Does it
> signify that the fifth leaf is physically attached to K4 instead of just
> inserted between the quires? Is there a reason it shouldn't be recorded as K
> 5. For folded sheets that wouldn't be accurate, but for a full-sheet
> format I'm not seeing anything wrong with it.
>
> Under current rules, it's format is (*full-sheet)* in the 300$c.
> Completely unsigned gatherings are assigned numbers instead of letters. So:
>
> Signatures: [1-98] [105] [11-228] [235].
>
> One of those persnickety niceties for completely unsigned codexes —akin
> to knowing how to use "whom" correctly—is that the superscript numeral
> goes *inside *the square brackets.
>
>
> ______________________
>
> Deborah J Leslie , M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare
> Library | djleslie at folger.edu | Opinions her own
>
>
>
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> *Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2024 10:28
> *To:* dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Cc:* Colleen Fedewa <cof3 at case.edu>
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] manuscript collation
>
> Hello,
> I am cataloging a gradual from the 1600s. I have never cataloged something
> like this. It came with some notes that I am not sure how to add to the bib
> record. The notes say, "Because of the book's large size, each leaf
> required a separate piece of vellum, so we can fairly call it a 1mo format.
> But the singleton leaves were attached to each other in pairs and quired
> together mostly in groups of eight leaves. One can therefore make a sort of
> collational formula, keeping in mind that its "quires' are in fact groups
> of singleton leaves: [A]-[I]8 [K]4 (K4 + [chi]1) [L]-[Y]8 [Z]6=179 ll.,
> lacking Z6."
> I would greatly appreciate any advice!
> Thank you,
> Colleen
> Colleen O. Fedewa, MLS
> Acquisitions & Metadata Librarian
> Kelvin Smith Library
> Case Western Reserve University
> Cleveland, OH 44106
> colleen.fedewa at case.edu| (216)-368-3535 <(216)%20368-3535>
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