Manuscript Cataloging
The present study of the principles and methods of manuscript cataloging began in prosaic simplicity about 1951, as little more than an editorial style sheet. At that time, while reviewing for stylistic uniformity the material that had been collected for a supplement to the Census of Medieval and Re...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
1956
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Traditio
Year: 1956, Volume: 12, Pages: 457-555 |
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| Summary: | The present study of the principles and methods of manuscript cataloging began in prosaic simplicity about 1951, as little more than an editorial style sheet. At that time, while reviewing for stylistic uniformity the material that had been collected for a supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, I noted down a number of points with respect to the abbreviating of frequently used terms, the arranging of parts of an entry, the citing of bibliographical references, and other matters of form; these, I thought, might usefully be spelled out in detail for the benefit of compilers of possible future supplements. In this there was no expectation of binding our successors to accept and follow our decisions; it merely seemed a kindness to state plainly what those decisions were, instead of leaving them to be deduced from an examination of the individual entries. Naturally, in debatable cases, along with the decisions went some indication of the reasons that had prompted them. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Traditio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900007790 |