A Library Primer eBook

John Cotton Dana
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 142 pages of information about A Library Primer.

A Library Primer eBook

John Cotton Dana
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 142 pages of information about A Library Primer.

Ba Give on first blue line, beginning at the left of red lines, a full title, but as in Ab make the important name or word the first word.  Christ, Baptism of; Christ, Betrayal of; St John, Birth of; Portrait of Pope Julius.

Bb Give on second blue line, between red lines, the one well known or important author’s name; the first one used in Aa.

The title card becomes in most cases a series card, since the title of an often-represented subject attracts to itself many names of artists.  In such cases arrange the authors’ names alphabetically, in columns, and against them write the names of the galleries where the works are to be found.  Give class and author number in blue ink at the left.

C Gallery card.  This card is a series card, and should show, a, name of gallery; b, names of the artists and their works in the gallery.

Ca Give official name of gallery preceded by the name of the city where it is located, with country in parentheses.

Cb Enter alphabetically, names of authors, with the title of their works, one author to a line.  Give at the left, classification numbers in blue ink.

[Illustration:  Painting card; gallery, with authors and titles of works.

       Venice (Italy) — Palazzo Giovanelli

Q-G43h Giargione II.  Holy Family.

C]

D School card.  This should show under the names American, English, French, German, Italian-Florentine, Italian-Venetian, Italian-Umbrian, Italian-Parmesan, Spanish, etc., all the artists of the school arranged alphabetically, with the number of their works written in, in pencil.

[Illustration:  Painting card; school, all authors of school arranged alphabetically with number of works written in pencil.

       School. 
          Italian-Venetian. 
Q-G43h Giorgione, il. Veronese

D]

Photographs of Architecture should be cataloged according to the foregoing rules, except in the following cases: 

Author card.  For author, give the name of the city where the building or detail is found, followed by the country in parentheses.

For title make the first word descriptive of the kind of building, and after the name of the building give the point from which the view was taken, affixed to the words interior or exterior:  Temple of Zeus, Exterior from the east.  Cathedral of Notre Dame, Interior of nave looking east.

Instead of gallery, give style of building, using words Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Modern, etc., followed by adjective indicating country.

Imprint the same.

Gallery card will not be needed.

[Illustration:  Architecture card; author, showing place, kind of building, and style.

Q Poitiers (France). 
P75 Cathedral.  Interior of Nave, looking East.

Gothic French
         Robett, Paris 348 Silver, 28x33 cm.

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