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Here is a solution for the benefit of others:

a, t {, u2$ ed.$^} $, ed. $e $, trans. $u3* {, u13$ vols.$^} `(`l: u, d).

Jon, when I put the field outside of the quotes, how then do I ensure that the commas will be placed only in citations with an edition or number of volumes? If I apply your suggestion of (a, t u2$ ed.$) to edition and analogously to number of volumes, I get this output: Basile Valuet, OSB, La libert...

Alas, I'm still having problems. See this formula for the Citation/Book format, with relevant portions in bold: a, t $, u2 ed.$ $, ed. $e $, trans. $u3* $, u13 vols.$ `(`l: u, d). Unfortunately, this yields citations where the edition and number of volumes does not format properly. Here is an exampl...

Jon, thank you! I edited the field order for a book in Chicago 17 A to be: a. t. $Edited by $e. $Translated by $u3*. l: u, d. [for a bibliography entry] a, t $, ed. $e $, trans. $u3* `(`l: u, d). [for a citation] Then I put the editor of the volume in "Ser Editors" in the list. Since in Ch...

Jon, The volume isn't an edited book, at least not in the way that category is currently formatted. The author is a 16th-C Spanish theologian, whose Latin work in question was edited by a 20th-C Spanish scholar. I don't want the 20th-C scholar's name at the front of the entry, which is what "ed...

I'm running into a problem with Chicago 17 A in that I don't know how to enter an editor for a book when the primary author is other than the editor. The editor in my case is not a translator but an editor of a Latin text written by another person. How can I modify Chicago 17 A to make a space for a...