When editing, I drop all initials for religious orders in footnotes &
bibliographies for simplicity's sake. In a title, the dedication of the
Pascoe festschrift I co-edited recently, the SJ after the author's name did
belong.
Tom Izbicki
At 03:10 AM 1/22/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Two random - and disconnected - thoughts:
>It's considered a breach of etiquette not to address
>medical drs. as Dr. So&so, but Phd's are considered
>arrogant or some such for calling themselves same. Who
>made up that rule? I wonder how drs. sign articles in
>medical journals.
>Since Christopher thought OP was "out of print," he
>may not know that the letters stand for Order of
>Preachers, i.e. Dominicans.
>
>MG
>--- Dorothea Martin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hello to all,
> > I think that we as medievalists understand the
> > religious suffix to the name
> > better than others, it was and most likely still is
> > a question of
> > belonging, as was true with all medieval names of
> > the upper classes. What I
> > don't know iw whether these religious suffixes are
> > considered part of the
> > legal name. Anyone who has spent a lifetime serving
> > in one of these orders
> > knows what the folks who wrote the application for
> > admissions to my
> > graduate school did not know when they wrote:
> > "Please give full name without honorific titles such
> > as Sister."
> > Dotty Martin
> > At 10:46 PM 1/21/01 MST, you wrote:
> > >Leah Rutchick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>What is the general opinion on whether one should
> > use the vocational title
> > >in a bibliographic citation?
> > >
> > >as Marjorie and Clement's posts demonstrate, this
> > would be a nice gesture, at
> > >the least; my own problem was that i am
> > unaccountably suspicious of guys
> > named
> > >"Marie," and most all of Doctor (Professor?
> > Father??)'s works which i've seen
> > >have been signed "M.-D. Chenu," though i believe i
> > have seen one "Marie
> > >-[?]D.," but never noticed the "O.P." which
> > would, in any case, be read as
> > >"Out of Print" in my world. not much help.
> > >
> > >i certainly mean no disrepect, particularly for
> > those scholars whose work has
> > >gained my respect, as is certainly the case here.
> > >
> > >and i thank Marjorie for the clarification.
> > >
> > >best to all from here,
> > >
> > >christopher
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >____________________________________________________________________
> > >Get free email and a permanent address at
> > http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
> > >
> > >
>
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices.
>http://auctions.yahoo.com/
|