Within an AACR2rev. 2nd ed., LCAF/LCSH, and VTLS 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
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