This is one of those situations when a content standard for cataloging
comes in handy. According to the new content standard for museums,
"Cataloguing Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and
their Images," the form "ca." is recommended.

-Mary Elings

At 03:05 PM 5/24/2005 -0700, David Lynx wrote:
>We seem to be having an ongoing discussion about the proper way to
>abbreviate Circa..
>
>Some people have it as c.1890 or c1890 or ca.1890
>
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