Within an AACR2rev. 2nd ed. and LCAF/LCSH context in an electronic catalog,
can anyone suggest a way to make sub-sections of an early codex ms.
collection accessible as sub-sections? The collection with which I work is
predominately Hebrew language, with major subsections divided according to
scribal/geographical styles (i.e. Ashkenazic, Sephardic, Italic, North
African, Byzantine, Provencali, Oriental (covering the Levant), Yemenite).
I am aware of the LCSH permission to use "Manuscripts, Hebrew" subdivided by
the place where the repository is located (i.e. Manuscripts, Hebrew Ohio
Cincinnati) in order to make all Hebrew manuscripts in a particular place
accessible in a larger electronic catalog that includes both manuscripts and
printed books. However, there does not appear to be any way to subdivide
"Manuscripts, Hebrew" by type. I cannot use geographical subdivisions (i.e.
Manuscripts, Hebrew Yemen), since this seemingly would indicate books about
Yemenite Hebrew manuscripts, or Hebrew manuscripts currently located in
Yemen, and not Yemenite Hebrew manuscripts as such. I have had little
success with placing the information in a note and then attempting to
extract it with a key word search. Inevitably, I get only printed books
about Hebrew manuscripts, and not records of Hebrew mss. when I do so-called
advanced searches under such key words as "manuscript" and "Yemenite".
Thanks much.
Dan Rettberg
Rare Book and Manuscript Bibliographer
Klau Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Cincinnati, Ohio
drettberg@huc.edu
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