[DCRM-L] Subject: Inferred [par.] in signature statement -- double square brackets or no?

[Jennifer Dunlap]

 Hello,

I'm hoping the collective wisdom of the list can point me in the right
direction of how best to render the signatures for the preliminary
gatherings of the item I'm cataloging. The first gathering is unsigned;
gathering 2 signed  ❡ ❡ (paragraph mark with curled tail) and gathering 3,
with ¶ ¶ (paragraph mark with straight tail). I'm inclined to render the
inferred par. as [[par.]], with a note that it is unsigned for clarity, and
the third gathering as ²2[par.]:

Signatures: [[par.]]⁴ 2[par.]⁴ ²2[par.]⁴ A-2I⁴; first gathering unsigned.

Alternatively, I could simply omit the second set of brackets and retain
the unsigned note.

Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par.]⁴ ²2[par.]⁴ A-2I⁴; first gathering unsigned.

Since the type used for the [par.] signs for the second and third gathering
are different I don't feel comfortable rendering the third gathering as
3[par.] with a missigned note. How have others dealt with similar
situations?

Thanks in advance!

Best,
Jennifer




Jennifer Dunlap
Rare Materials Cataloguer
John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
jennifer_dunlap at brown.edu
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