[yul-naco] AAP for French name

[Caelin, Mara]

Hi Wheat,

In French, "Du" and "Des" and are contractions of the article plus the preposition (de + le/ de + les), meaning "of the". "De" by itself is only a preposition ("of"), which would put it in the second category mentioned in the example.

Following the example, it looks like the AAP should be "Baer, Marcel de".

Hope that is helpful!

Best,
Mara


Mara Caelin (she/her/hers)
Catalog/Metadata Librarian
Bibliographic Description Unit
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University


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Hi!

I am helping my colleague in constructing an AAP for an individual named "Marcel De Baer." We consulted RDA instruction F.11.5 (see below), but we found the example a bit confusing. Since neither of us is fluent in French, we are hoping someone can explain the differences presented in the instruction and clarify which form should be applied to this name.
For verification, the prefix "De" appears with a capital "D" on the sources we have.
Thank you!
Wheat

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