Style Sheet:
Manuscripts should be double spaced, with single-spaced footnotes (at the bottom of each page, not endnotes) inserted using a word processor footnote function. The spelling should be in American style. Once the manuscript is accepted for publication, authors will be asked to provide an electronic version of the manuscript either in a CD or as an attachment via e-mail. Author's name should only appear on the cover sheet.
When submitting a manuscript for consideration, authors should provide only photocopies of the illustrations. Once the manuscript is accepted, illustrations should be provided in either black and white photo print (glossy or mat) or scanned in TIFF format at 300 dpi. Transparencies will not be accepted. Obtaining permission to publish illustrations is the sole responsibility of authors, and copies of permissions should be supplied to the editors.
Italics: Foreign words are italicized.
Quotations and Quotation Marks: Excessive quotations should be avoided, as should the use of quotation marks for emphasis purposes. Quotations in a foreign language should be translated. The translation should be included in the body of the text, with the original in a footnote. Translations of short terms in foreign languages should be included in the text in parentheses. Long quotations should be indented and single-spaced, without quotation marks. Short quotations can be placed within the text, between quotation marks.
Footnote Format (pay close attention to punctuation marks, italics, Roman vs. Arabic numerals, etc.):
For books: Mary Hollingsworth, Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century, Baltimore, 1994, 25-26.
Do not indicate state, province, or name of publisher. For second and subsequent citations, use the short format: Hollingsworth, 121 (or Ibid., 121, if in consecutive order).
For articles: Charlene G. Garfinkle, "The Transatlantic Nature of Louise Abbema's Columbian Exposition Mural Sketches," Aurora, III, 2002, 62.
If journal has a volume and issue number, indicate volume in Roman numerals and issue number in Arabic numerals: III/2. For second and subsequent citations, use the short format: Garfinkle, 63 (or Ibid., 63, if in consecutive order).
For articles in anthologies: Amanda Lillie, "The Patronage of Villa Chapels and Oratories near Florence: A Typology of Private Religion," in With and Without the Medici: Studies in Tuscan Art and Patronage 1434-1530, Ekart Marchand and Alison Wright, eds., Aldershot and Brookfield, 1998, 19-27. Do not indicate state, province, or name of publisher. For second and subsequent citations, use short format: Lillie, 19 (or Ibid., 19, if in consecutive order). If a second article from the same anthology is cited, use the following format: Kate Lowe, "Nuns and Choice: Artistic Decision-Making in Medicean Florence," in Marchand and Wright, eds., 129. When citing same author later, use short format: Lowe, 131 (or Ibid., 131, if in consecutive order).
For translated works: Indicate name of translator followed by "trans." after title of book: author's name, title of book, name of translator, trans., city, date, page number.
Citations of classical, patristic, or biblical sources should be included in parentheses in the main body of the article, not a footnote (ex.: St. Agustine, City of God, V: x).
If using two texts by same author, differentiate by date: Stephenson, 1991, 22. If both texts were published on the same date, a short title should be used: Hollingsworth, Patronage, 18-19. When mentioning the second text by same author for the first time, use last name only.
Volume: To indicate volume number, use Roman numerals: III (not "Vol. III" or "Vol. 3").
Numbers: page numbers with more than one digit should be written out as follows: 115-116. The same rule applies for dates: 1655-1657. Dates should be written in the European style: 20 September 1544. "Circa" is abbreviated "c."
Author's professional or honorary titles: titles like "Sister," "O.S.," "Sir," etc. should not be included in the footnotes.
Do not include a bibliography or a list of frequently cited sources.