25.3A. (Works Created After 1500)

Named Individual Works of Art:

Construct a uniform title for a named work of art when it is needed for an access point (main entry, added entry, subject entry) on a bibliographic record. ( FN 1) Use as the uniform title the title found in English-language reference sources. ( FN 2) If not found in English-language reference sources, use other reference sources. However, a reference source that routinely uses one language for all titles should not be used unless necessary. If the evidence is inconclusive, use (in this order of preference) the title found in:

 encyclopedias or dictionaries

 indexes

 a catalogue raisonné for the artist

 catalogs issued by the body owning the work of art.

Make name/title (or title, if responsibility for the work is unknown) references from titles not chosen as the uniform title.

Follow the rules in chapter 21 for the choice of access points.

Examples

Orthographic Reform:

For items published in countries where orthographic reform has taken place (Indonesia and Malaysia, the Netherlands, Soviet Union, etc.), record the data appearing in the area preceding the physical description area and in the series area exactly as found in the source of information with regard to orthography.

For monographs, on the bibliographic record for any edition of a work whose title proper contains a word in the old orthography, provide a uniform title reflecting the new orthography, although no edition with the reformed orthography has been received.

For serials, apply 21.2C.

See also:

25.3. Works Created After 1500