SMC228H1 Lecture Notes - Marginalia, Blackletter
19 Nov 2012
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Title page transcription: transcribe title page and make the reader understand what it"s. Usually brings together (in their original form) information about work"s title, author, printer, publisher, and place and date of publication. If done correctly, a quasi-facsimile transcription can often be used to distinguish between different settings of title pages. Thus, they can help catch different issues, states, and impressions that are masquerading as the same. Bibliography is descriptive: you"re describing something with title page transcription. Photocopies give you a false sense of security what you know about the book. Real bibliographers - always go back to the original source. Quasi-facsimile can give you enough detail to make it helpful but not 100% the same (tells you that it"s not the real thing) The text of the title page should be copied in full, including information about ornaments. Describe physical printed book - no marginalia.
