Code 140 - Coded Data Field: Antiquarian - General (NR)
Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Antiquarian Coded Data - General (Not repeatable)
$a/0-3 Illustration Codes - Book
a = illustrations (use for types of illustrations which are not
covered below, or when types of illustrations are not being
specifically coded)
b = illuminations
c = ornamental letter
d = miniature
e = rubric (i.e. heading etc. in special lettering)
f = vignette (i.e. ornament round capital letter etc. or in
blank space)
g = frontispiece
h = portrait
i = vedute (i.e. panoramic view of a city etc. with important
features identified)
j = maps
k = charts (i.e. maps for navigation)
l = plans
m = music
n = coats of arms
o = genealogical tables
y = no illustrations
z = other
# = (blank) - value position not needed
$a/4-7 Illustration Codes - Full Page Plates
a = illustrations
g = frontispiece
h = portraits
i = vedute
j = maps
k = charts (i.e. maps for navigation)
l = plans
m = music
n = coats of arms
o = genealogical tables
y = no illustrations
z = other
# = (blank) - value position not needed
$a/8 Illustration Code - Technique
a = woodcut
b = lithography
c = etching
d = aquatint
e = engraving
u = unknown
v = mixed
z = other
# = (blank) - value position not needed
$a/9-16 Form of Contents Code
aa = religious work
ab = catechism
ac = devotional literature
ad = sermon
ae = service books
ba = scientific work
bb = discussion, dissertation, thesis
ca = social customs
da = legal work
db = political work
ea = ephemera
fa = reference work
fb = library catalogue
fc = bibliography
fd = calendar
fe = index
ff = dictionary
fg = encyclopedia
ga = historical work
ha = polemical treatise
ia = discursive work
ja = commemorative work
ka = instructional work
kb = manual
kc = textbook
la = record-keeping work
ma = recreations
na = version of a work
zz = other
#- = (2 hash signs)(blanks) - value positions not needed
$a/17-18 Literature Code
aa = poetry
ab = romance
ca = drama
da = libretto
ea = fiction
eb = novel
ec = novella
ed = fable
ef = fairy tale
eg = allegory
eh = legend
ei = parable
ej = short story
fa = essay, feuilleton
ga = humour, satire
ha = letters
ia = miscellanea
ja = maxim, aphorism, proverb, anecdote
ka = juvenile literature
la = other (use for chronicle, memoir, diary, biography,
hagiography, travelogue, erotica, mystic literature, etc.
If specific designation is needed for these, use
appropriate codes given below)
lb = chronicle
lc = memoir
ld = diary
le = biography
lf = hagiography
lg = travelogue
lh = erotica
li = mystic literature
ma = oratory, speeches
yy = not a literary text
zz = multiple or other
$a/19 Biography Code
a = autobiography (use for memoir and confession)
b = individual biography
c = collective biography
d = contains biographical information
y = not biographical
z = multiple or other form
$a/20 Support Material - Book
paper, general
b = hand-made paper
c = rice paper
d = wood-pulp paper
e = parchment, vellum
z = other
$a/21 Support Material - Plates
paper, general
b = hand-made paper
c = rice paper
d = wood-pulp paper
e = parchment, vellum
z = other
# = (blank) - value position not needed
$a/22 Watermark Code
A one-character code indicating whether the paper contains watermark.
0 = paper does not contain watermark
1 = paper contains watermark
$a/23 Printer's Device Code
0 = printer's device not present
1 = printer's device present
$a/24 Publisher's Device Code
A one-character code indicating whether the book contains publisher's
device.
0 = publisher's device not present
1 = publisher's device present
$a/25 Ornamental Device Code
A one-character code indicating whether the book contains
ornamental device.
$a/26-27 Unassigned
These character positions contain blanks.