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How do you prefer to abbreviate "Voynich Manuscript"
How do you prefer to abbreviate "Voynich Manuscript"
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| VMS | 10 | 45.45% | |
| VMs | 4 | 18.18% | |
| VM | 6 | 27.27% | |
| Other (explain) | 2 | 9.09% | |
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How do you prefer to abbreviate "Voynich Manuscript"
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14-10-2022, 10:15 PM
(14-10-2022, 10:01 PM)Anton wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.In my field of occupation, the acronym VM stands for "virtual machine", so I tend to avoid it when referring to the Voynich Manuscript, although VMS is longer. That's a good point. Although there are a ton of meanings for about any abbreviation  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Venetian Mask Society 
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14-10-2022, 11:00 PM
(14-10-2022, 10:15 PM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Although there are a ton of meanings for about any abbreviation Yep, and by the way I always get irritated when I encounter some acronym which I'm accustomed to in a different field meaning some altogether different thing! At times this happens even in one and the same field. Sometimes I wonder if it's possible to develop a system of universally unique acronyms. To all probability that would defeat their purpose of brevity, though. Member details
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15-10-2022, 12:54 AM
Thank you davidjackson.
Do you have the link to the Beinecke library so that I can check which book MS 408 is? Thank you 
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15-10-2022, 06:22 AM
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Beinecke 408
It is the correc notation like BL. Add. XXXX or clm XXXX  Member details
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15-10-2022, 07:18 AM
"MS408". The accepted abbreviation for manuscript (MS) for storage in libraries and references to the holder of manuscripts.
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15-10-2022, 07:24 AM
It is common for famous manuscripts to be referred to by a different name. Would you recognize the shelf mark of the Très Riches Heures? The Codex Gigas? The Vienna Dioscorides? Even in academic writing, these common names are often used instead of the shelf mark.
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15-10-2022, 09:09 AM
(15-10-2022, 07:24 AM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It is common for famous manuscripts to be referred to by a different name. Would you recognize the shelf mark of the Très Riches Heures? The Codex Gigas? The Vienna Dioscorides? Even in academic writing, these common names are often used instead of the shelf mark. You are wrong and you are right, we use these names, but the shelf mark will be given in the first footnote, especially as the names can be quite differen, e.g. the Très Riches Heures are the Stundenbuch des Herzogs von Berry in GER. And I would recognise some of the shelfr marks Member details
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15-10-2022, 09:49 AM
Of course, any formal publication should initially mention the shelf mark, and then add the way they will be referring to this work.
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