[DCRM-L] Illustrative content for facsimiles?

[Thumy Webb]

I am using RDA, and I did not mention that gold leaf is applied to the
facsimiles.

--Thumy

On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:48 PM Deborah J. Leslie via DCRM-L <
dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu> wrote:

> Which cataloging code are you using? And are you saying that gold leaf is
> applied to the facsimiles?
>
> Deborah J Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare
> Library | djleslie at folger.edu | Opinions her own
>
>
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> *Cc:* Thumy Webb <thumy.webb at rice.edu>
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Illustrative content for facsimiles?
>
> Hello hivemind, I hope it's okay to ask a rare materials-adjacent question
> here.
>
> My library recently purchased a couple of facsimiles of illuminated
> manuscripts and I'm not sure how to code the illustrative content.
>
> The pages of the facsimile volumes consist of printed photos of the
> original manuscripts, with gold leaf applied in the appropriate places.
>
> Would I use "illuminations" in the 300 $b and fixed fields for a facsimile
> copy?
>
> --Thumy
>
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