If, for your author who signs himself "Vis," you have a non-standard romanization indicating "Vais", you put "Vais." But it doesn't count if you have a non-standard romanization indicating "Vais" for some other author who signs himself "Vis."
In this case I couldn't determine that Mr. Karsenti was established in the old catalog from a non-standard romanization for him--in fact, he probably wasn't, because if he had been, they'd have said so. His romanization was probably chosen on the basis of all the other authors called "Karsenti/y" in non-standard romanization. But that was long enough ago that our current rules weren't in force. Joan >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/8/2004 9:59:10 AM >>> I accept and agree with this ruling, but why then Vais (with one Yod) is romanized as Vis although we all know that the real name is pronounced as Vais or why not to transcribe it as Weiss or Weisz or other romanized form of the name as it appears in Reliable Sources (not on CNN) Yossi At 08:31 AM 3/8/2004, you wrote: This author exists in pre-MARC cataloging under the heading "Karsenti, Faruz, d. 1846." There's another author in the NAF who was established as "Karsenti" from a roman source. Considering these, I would not have hesitated to romanize the surname "Karsenti." I looked further into the LC pre-MARC catalog and found six other authors established from roman sources with the surname "Karsenty," and none with "Karsinti." My usual reaction, on finding that other catalogers have chosen the less obvious of two options, is to assume that yes, they know something I don't. This is called the "lectio difficilior," isn't it? They wouldn't have gone out of their way if there wasn't a reason for it. Joan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschläger Head of the Hebraica & Jewish Studies Library The Ohio State University Libraries, 324 Main Library, 1858 Neil Ave. Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 USA E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.: (614) 292-3362, Fax: (614)292-1918 URL: http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/jdc/jdc.html
