6.285 — Details of layout
Contents:
6.285.1 Element information
6.285.1.2 Sources of information
6.285.2 RDA definition and scope
6.285.2.1 Details of an arrangement of text, images, tactile notation, or other content in a manifestation.
6.285.3 General rule
6.285.3.1 Record Details of layout if considered important (see Layout, 6.28.3.2).
Example:
A folded sheet with eighteen panels on each side when unfolded. All panels are unnumbered
Example:
A folded sheet with four panels on each side. The “outside” contains a title panel, two panels of text, and a “Guide map” or street map on the fourth panel. The “inside” contains a plat map of the property being auctioned, spread over all four panels
6.285.3.2 For incunabula, record the number of columns and the number of lines. Do the same for later publications if considered important.
Example:
Text in double columns; 60 lines and head-line; capital spaces
Example:
Text in double columns, 42 lines per column
Example:
Printed in 2 columns divided by a row of printers’ ornaments
