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- noun Plural form of
shelfmark .
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Most of the printed sources quoted can be accessed at the British Library - some shelfmarks appear in brackets after the title entry, please refer to the Integrated Catalogue for full details.
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Most of the printed sources quoted can be accessed at the British Library - some shelfmarks appear in brackets after the title entry, please refer to the Integrated Catalogue for full details.
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Don't use Roman numeral for volume number; only use Roman numerals (i) for page numbers that are in Roman numerals, and (ii) where they occur in manuscript shelfmarks.
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They are also retained for manuscript shelfmarks, where as much as possible the usage of the library should be followed.
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Each institution makes its own rules as to how to assign shelfmarks.
Durham Cathedral Library, MS A II 10 Dafydd 2008
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If you are already familiar with how shelfmarks work, you can skip to the next paragraph.
Durham Cathedral Library, MS A II 10 Dafydd 2008
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Most of the printed sources quoted can be accessed at the British Library - some shelfmarks appear in brackets after the title entry, please refer to the Integrated Catalogue for full details.
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Some institutions that only hold a few manuscripts, or perhaps only one, don't use shelfmarks at all.
Durham Cathedral Library, MS A II 10 Dafydd 2008
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Most manuscripts don't have names, though, and are identified only by shelfmarks.
Durham Cathedral Library, MS A II 10 Dafydd 2008
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These shelfmarks are a kind of secret passwords for medievalists.
Durham Cathedral Library, MS A II 10 Dafydd 2008
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