[DCRM-L] unusual roman numeral dates on Latin books from 1700s

[Colleen Fedewa]

Thank you all!
Happy almost weekend,
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 Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 3:08 PM Erin Blake <EBlake at folger.edu> wrote:

> See, for instance, Pieter W. Van der Horst and Gerard Mussies.
> “Subtractive Versus Additive Composite Numerals in Antiquity.” *Illinois
> Classical Studies* 13, no. 1 (1988): 183–202.
> http://www.jstor.org/stable/23064074.
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> The article focuses on antiquity, but touches on the continued use for
> different reasons.
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> The most obvious reason to use MDCCXIC instead of MDCCLXXXIX would be that
> it doesn’t take up as much room.
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> I don’t know if this would have been relevant at the time, but it could
> also be a way to make a date look less “dated” as time goes by: it connotes
> “almost 1800” (I know a grad student whose dissertation defence was pushed
> from December 1999 to January 2000 – a difference of three weeks that makes
> their resume look more current than it would otherwise).
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> Erin
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Colleen Fedewa
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> *Sent:* Thursday, November 7, 2024 2:04 PM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Cc:* Colleen Fedewa <cof3 at case.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] unusual roman numeral dates on Latin books from
> 1700s
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> Savioli, Giovanni Battista,1748-1823, author.
> Dissertatio in caussam physicam aurorae borealis.
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> I am training a new cataloger to work on Special Collections and want to
> make sure I am reading this right. 😀
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> Thanks,
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> Colleen
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> Colleen O. Fedewa, MLS
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> Acquisitions & Metadata Librarian
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> Kelvin Smith Library
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> Case Western Reserve University
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> Cleveland, OH 44106
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> colleen.fedewa at case.edu| (216)-368-3535 <(216)%20368-3535>
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> On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 1:55 PM Deborah J. Leslie via DCRM-L <
> dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu> wrote:
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> What's the book?
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> Deborah J Leslie , M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare
> Library | djleslie at folger.edu | Opinions her own
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> on behalf of Colleen Fedewa
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> *Sent:* Thursday, November 7, 2024 12:19
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Cc:* Colleen Fedewa <cof3 at case.edu>
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] unusual roman numeral dates on Latin books from 1700s
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> Hello,
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> I have come across a date in an order that I have never seen before. The
> book has, " MDCCXIC". I have found a couple of examples that infer this
> would be 1789 due to some historical usage of a variant of the subtractive
> form. Can someone confirm this and/or direct me to a source discussing this.
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> Thank you for your assistance,
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> Colleen
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> Colleen O. Fedewa, MLS
>
> Acquisitions & Metadata Librarian
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> Kelvin Smith Library
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> Case Western Reserve University
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> Cleveland, OH 44106
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> colleen.fedewa at case.edu| (216)-368-3535 <(216)%20368-3535>
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