Dear Conchlers,

if you have collected a shell by yourself you can
write leg. and your name. If you are sure that
that a shell was collected by another person and
you know this person you can write: leg. and the
name of that person. If you get a shell out from a
collection collected by another person and you
don't know the person, but the shell collector or
an institute (in which collection the shell has
been located beforee) you can use such a term:
ex coll. (which means out from the collection)
and the name of the person, where you got the
shell.
As date you can write: maybe leg. Helmut Nisters,
18. 08. 2000.
or date. 18. 08. 2000

I hope that's ok.
with best shelling greetings
Helmut


--- Henk and Zvia Mienis <[log in to unmask]>
schrieb: > This subject has been treated already
several times
> on the ConchL-Net.
> Try out the archives!
> Leg. is Latin and means collected by.
> The indication coll. on a label means either
> collected by or the collection
> of,
> which are two different things. Coll. H.K. Mienis
> may contain material
> collected by numerous other people i.e. leg. J.
> Wolff /leg. W. Barney/leg.
> T. Eichhorst, etc.
> In order to avoid mistakes Leg. is used to indicate
> the collector on labels,
> while Col. is used to indicate the owner of the
> collection.
> Best regards,
> Henk K. Mienis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Shell labels
>
>
> > I believe "leg" comes from the Greek "lego" which
> means to gather
> (collect) or
> > select.
> >
> > Winston Barney
> > Fort Worth, Tx
> >
> > John Wolff wrote:
> >
> > > More word questions...
> > >
> > > What is the best way to indicate the name of the
> collector on a shell
> label?
> > > I have been using "Leg.", but was hard-pressed
> to explain what it stands
> > > for when questioned. Could not find it in a
> dictionary. Is there a
> better way?
> > >
> > >   John Wolff
> > > 2640 Breezewood Dr.
> > > Lancaster, PA 17601

=====
Helmut Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria
phone: 0043 512 573214
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
web: www.netwing.at/nisters

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