| COMARC/B | June | 2021 |
This field contains coded data relating to the physical form of older monographic publications (antiquarian).
| FIELD/SUBFIELD | REPEATABILITY | ||
| 140 | Antiquarian – general | nr | |
| a | Illustration codes – book | r | |
| b | Illustration codes – full page plates | r | |
| c | Illustration code – technique | nr | |
| d | Form of contents code | r | |
| e | Literature code | nr | |
| f | Biography code | nr | |
| g | Support material – book | nr | |
| h | Support material – plates | nr | |
| i | Watermark code | nr | |
| j | Printer's device code | nr | |
| k | Publisher's device code | nr | |
| l | Ornamental device code | nr | |
A code specifies types of a book illustration.
| aa | illustrations It is used for types of illustrations which are not covered bellow, or when types of illustrations are not being specifically coded. |
| ab | illuminations |
| ac | ornamental letter |
| ad | miniature |
| ae | rubric Headings etc. in special or red lettering. |
| af | vignette Ornament round capital letter etc. or in blank space. |
| ag | frontispiece Title image. |
| ah | portrait |
| ai | vedute Panoramic view of a city etc. with important features identified. |
| aj | maps |
| ak | charts |
| al | plans |
| am | music |
| an | coats of arms |
| ao | genealogical tables |
| ay | no illustrations |
| az | other |
A code specifies types of illustrations of full page plates.
| a | illustrations |
| g | frontispiece |
| h | portraits |
| i | vedute |
| j | maps |
| k | charts |
| l | plans |
| m | music |
| n | coats of arms |
| o | genealogical tables |
| y | no illustrations |
| z | other |
A code indicates a technique in which the illustration is executed.
| a | woodcut |
| b | lithography |
| c | etching |
| d | aquatint |
| e | engraving |
| u | unknown |
| v | mixed |
| z | other |
A subfield contains codes indicating the form of contents of a publication or its significant parts.
| aa | religious work Used for Bible stories, catechism, devotional literature, hymn, indulgences, litany, miracle narrative, religious plays, sermons, service books, etc. If specific designation is needed for catechism, devotional literature, sermon and service books use codes "ab", "ac", "ad" or "ae" respectively. |
| ab | catechism |
| ac | devotional literature Books of hours, devotional calendars, novenas, prayer books, psalters, etc. |
| ad | sermon Apocalyptic sermons, children's sermons, occasional sermons, etc. |
| ae | service books Liturgical books: antiphonary, breviary, evangelistary, gradual, hymnal, missal, pontifical, ritual, sacramentary, etc. |
| ba | scientific work Scientific atlas, herbal, laboratory note, pharmacopoeia, etc. |
| bb | discussion, dissertation, thesis |
| ca | social customs Courtesy books, festival books, fraternity and lodge rituals, etc. |
| da | legal work Laws, acts, bills, charters, treaties, regulations, etc. |
| db | political work |
| ea | ephemera Advertisements (booksellers', printers', publishers' advertisements), sales catalogues (auction, booksellers', manufacturers', etc.), broadsides, programs, etc. |
| fa | reference work Academic catalogue, library catalogue, museum catalogue, almanac, bibliography, calendar, directory, index, wordbook, thesaurus, schematisms, etc. If specific designation is needed for library catalogue, bibliography, calendar, index, dictionary and encyclopedia use codes "fb", "fc", "fd", "fe", "ff" or "fg" respectively. |
| fb | library catalogue |
| fc | bibliography |
| fd | calendar |
| fe | index |
| ff | dictionary |
| fg | encyclopedia |
| ga | historical work Chronicles, annals, biography, genealogy, family, local, oral and military history, etc. |
| ha | polemical treatise |
| ia | discursive work Addresses, dialogue, interview, letters, questions and answers, etc. |
| ja | commemorative work Festschrift, album, epitaph, eulogy, memorial, etc. |
| ka | instructional work Instructional work in general. If specific designation is needed for manuals and textbooks use codes "kb" or "kc" respectively. |
| kb | manual |
| kc | textbook Alphabet, anthology, chrestomathy, primer, reader, grammar, etc. |
| la | record-keeping work Certificate, price list, subscribers' list, voting register, etc. |
| ma | recreations Colouring book, games, puzzles, etc. |
| na | version of a work Adaptation, abridgement, parody, expurgated edition, scenario, etc. |
| zz | other |
When a work is a literary text a code indicates the type of literary text.
| aa | poetry |
| ab | romance |
| ca | drama |
| da | libretto |
| ea | fiction Use for fiction in general. If specific designation is needed for novel, novella, fable, fairy tale, allegory, legend, parable and short story use appropriate codes given below. |
| eb | novel |
| ec | novella |
| ed | fable |
| ef | fairy tale |
| eg | allegory |
| eh | myth/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 | other |
When a work is biographical a code indicates the type of biography.
| a | autobiography Use for memoir and confession. |
| b | individual biography |
| c | collective biography |
| d | contains biographical information |
| y | not biographical |
| z | other |
A code indicates a support material on which the work is printed or written.
| a | paper, general |
| b | hand-made paper |
| c | rice paper |
| d | wood-pulp paper |
| e | parchment, vellum |
| z | other |
A code indicates a support material on which the plates are executed.
| a | paper, general |
| b | hand-made paper |
| c | rice paper |
| d | wood-pulp paper |
| e | parchment, vellum |
| z | other |
A code indicates whether the book contains printer's device.
| 1 | printer's device present |
A code indicates whether the book contains publisher's device.
| 1 | publisher's device present |
| 105 | TEXTUAL MATERIAL, MONOGRAPHIC |
| This field contains coded data relating to books, i.e. monographic printed language materials not considered antiquarian. |
140 ⊔⊔ aab aac ca dzz eaa fy ga (Coded information for C. Valerius Catullus's "Carmina." Venetiis, Andreas de Paltascichis, XVIII kal. Jan. [15.XII] 1487 et 1. II 1488.) 140 ⊔⊔ aac aaf aah aan ba bj bi bh ce dga ele fb ga ha (Coded information for "Natale solum magni ecclesiae doctoris sancti Hieronymi in ruderibus Stridonis occultatum ... ac brevis Illyricanae chronologiae adjunto erutum atque cum vita ejusdem purpurati Dalmatae" per Josephum Bedekovich, Neostadii Austriae, Ex Typographeo Muelleriano, 1752.) 140 ⊔⊔ aac aan by ce dga ela fy gb i1 (Coded information for "Itinerario da Terra Sancta e suas particularidades" compostos por frey Pantaliam Daviero. Em Lisboa, 1593.) 140 ⊔⊔ aan ca dda dga dna eyy fy i1 (Coded information for "Capitulações da paz feita entre el Rey nosso senhor & o Serenissimo Rey da Gram Bretanha as quaes se concluryram pelos diputados que nellas se diz, em Madrid a 15 de Novembre de 1630". Em Lisboa, 1633.) *
[2]140 ⊔⊔ aay by dkc eyy fy gb hb i1 j1 l1 (Coded information for Kopitar's grammar "Grammatik der Slawischen Sprache in Krain, Kärnten und Steyermark". Laybach 1809, which is printed on hand-made paper without illustrations; it has the printer's and ornamental device.)