thesaurus: Provenance Evidence
term to change: Fists
new form: Manicules
term change: change term
UF alterations: Fists
UF alteration type: add UF
changes comments: This has always been a problematic term; even though "Fists" had the most warrant when the thesaurus was compiled (and re-affirmed by me around 1998), the situation has now changed with the publication of William Sherman's _Toward a History of the Manicule_ in 2005. Since then, preference for that term has (anecdotally) grown rapidly among both scholars. The benefit of "Manicules" over "Fists" is that "manicule" doesn't have other, common meanings
changes sources: http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/papers/FOR_2005_04_001.pdf
http://www.flickr.com/groups/manicule/
submitter date: 27 November 2013
submitter telephone: 202.675-0369
submitter institution: Folger Shakespeare Library
Original request: http://rbmsthesauri.pbworks.com/w/page/81207749/Fists%20change%20request