PAGE FROM PARKMAN'S WORKS. BY PERMISSION LITTLE, BROWN, & CO.
Index under the Christian name or forename:
(_a_) Sovereigns, popes, queens, princes and princesses. _Exceptions_: Greek or Roman sovereigns, princes of the French Empire.
(_b_) Persons canonized: e.g., _Thomas a Becket, Saint_.
Also make cross-reference: e.g., _Becket, Thomas a._ See _Thomas a Becket_.
(_c_) Friars required by the constitution of their order to relinquish their surname: e.g., _Paolino da S. Bartolomeo_.
Also make cross-reference under family name: e.g., _Wesdin, J.P._ See _Paolino da S. Bartolomeo_.
(_d_) Persons known only by their first names, whether or not their profession, rank or native place be added: e.g., _Michelangelo Buonarroti_, _Rembrandt van Rhijn_.
Cross-reference under family name is optional, dependent upon closeness of indexing.
(_e_) Oriental authors, including Jewish rabbis: e.g., _Abu Bakr ibn Badr_.
This rule has many exceptions. Some Oriental writers are known and should be entered under other parts of their name than the first, as "_Abu-l-Kasim, Khalaf ibn Abbas_," _Firdusi, Abul Kasim_, etc., _known as_, or under some appellation as "_al-Masudi_," "_at-Tabari_."
In Arabic names, the words of relationship _Abu_ (father), _Umm_ (mother), _Ibn_, _Bin_ (son), _Ahu_ (brother), though not to be treated as names by themselves, are yet not to be disregarded. They form a name in conjunction with the word following (e.g., _Abu Bakr_), and determine the alphabetical place of the entry. But the article _al_ (changed by assonance to _ad_-, _ar_-, _as_-, _at_-, _az_-, according to the letter it precedes) is neglected (al- _Masudi_).
In all Oriental names, the indexer must be careful not to take titles, as _Emir, Bey, Pasha, Sri, Babu, Pundit_, for names.
In regard to East Indian names, Dr. Feigl gives the rule: If there are two names, enter under the first, which is the individual name, with a cross-reference from the second; if there are three or more, enter under the third, which is the family name, with a cross-reference under the first or individual name; the second may be neglected.
(_a_) In general, all persons not included under previous rules.
In a few cases, chiefly of artists, a universally-used sobriquet is to be taken in place of the family or forename, as _Tintoretto_ (whose real name was Giacomo _Robusti_). Similar cases are _Canaletto_ (Antonio _Canale_ and also B. _Belotto_), _Correggio_ (Ant. _Allegri_), _Garofalo_ (Benvenuto Piero _Tisi_), Il _Sodoma_ (Giov. Ant. _Bazzi_), _Spagnoletto_ (Jusepe _Ribera_, now however oftener called _Ribera_), _Uccello_ (Paolo _Doni_). Always cross-reference from the family name.