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702 Former Owner (Person)
| Mandatory | Repeatable | Editable |
|---|---|---|
| no | yes | yes |
Scope
A person associated with the description of the ownership of the described copy. Typically a former owner.
Indicators
- Indicator 1: | undefined (fill-character)
- Indicator 2: | undefined (fill-character)
Subfields
- $3 (O;NR) CERL Thesaurus Id
- $4 (O;NR) Relator Code
- $6 (M;NR) Evidence Sequence Indicator
- $9 (O;NR) Other Information
- $a (M;NR) Name
- $f (O;NR) Biographical Data
- $x (O;NR) Coded Information
Input Conventions
The evidence sequence indicator in $6 groups all chunks of information that describe the evidence for a specific ownership. All fields with an identical subfield $6 within a record describe the same ownership.
Personal Names are taken from the CERL Thesaurus and should always be linked to authority records within MEI. The database's editing feature provides a mean to add an owner's name to the CERL Thesaurus from within MEI, if not yet present.
The relator code in subfield $4 is taken from the following list:
| 020 | Annotator |
| 160 | Bookseller |
| 320 | Donor |
| 390 | Former Owner |
| 399 | Present Owner |
| 570 | Role not specified |
Subfield $x consists of 3 code positions, all of which must be filled:
c/p0 Gender
| a | female |
| b | male |
| u | unknown |
c/p1 Characterization
| a | no characterisation/lay |
| b | religious |
| c | Aristocracy |
| d | Royalty |
| u | unknown |
c/p2 Profession
| c | physician |
| d | lawyer |
| e | politician |
| f | clergy |
| g | school teacher |
| h | business |
| i | scholar |
| k | university lecturer |
| l | student |
| m | civil servant |
| o | bookseller etc. |
| u | unknown |
Subfield $9 may contain any addition, note or explanation to the name of the person recorded.
