Submission Articles submitted for
publication in the journal Church Monuments should be sent to the Editor
at the address below; acceptance will be dependent upon the reports of at least
two referees. The deadline for the final acceptance of refereed papers is 1
June for publication in the next issue, so authors are advised to submit their
papers by 1 March in order to allow sufficient time for the refereeing process
to take place. Contributors are asked to provide two printouts plus a
copy on disk, and to retain a back-up copy of any data sent. Text can in the
first instance be submitted by e-mail. For submission of articles, technical and
other queries regarding the journal, please contact the Editor(s) at the
address below. Articles should be preceded by a short abstract of about
100-150 words. Authors' names and affiliations should be included on a separate
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anonymously; they should also add a brief biographical note of no
more than 50 words for inclusion in the journal. Format Articles
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languages should be provided in brackets. Always use single quotation marks for quoted material in
the main text; 'smart' quotes are preferred. Double quotation marks
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spaces).
Spelling and place-names British English spelling is
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text and titles, the house style requires 'medieval' instead of 'mediaeval',
and -ise, -isation and -isable instead of -ize, -ization and -izable. Authors
should use current English forms for foreign place-names, as in Cologne (not
Köln) and Reims (not Rheims), but adhere to the hyphenation in foreign
place-names, as in: La Chaise-Dieu. The use of current English forms also
applies to place-names in publication details. Notes and references The Church Monuments
house style is to use endnotes rather than footnotes; automatic endnotes are
allowed. Authors are asked to adhere to endnotes and to use superscript note
references without brackets or punctuation marks as in: Cadaver effigies first
occur towards the end of the fourteenth century.1 (Please note:
reference after punctuation.) Titles of articles should be given in single inverted commas.
Titles of books and articles do not need capitals except at the start and for
proper names. Titles of books and journals are italicised; the year and (for
books) place of publication should be given in brackets. Longer journal titles
should be given in full at the first instance, and abbreviated thereafter, as
in: Journal of the British Archaeological
Association, thereafter JBAA. The volume number of a journal should be given in Arabic
numerals, as well as the year and (where necessary) month, followed by page
references for the complete article
and then specifically to the relevant page(s). Authors' first names should be
given as initials with a full stop but without spaces in between, as in: F.A.
Greenhill. Examples: P. Craddock, 'Britain's first brass', Antiquaries Journal, 84 (2004), pp. 339-46, at p. 341. M. Duffy, Royal tombs of medieval England (Stroud, 2003),
p. 159, fig. 66. E. Panofsky, Tomb
sculpture: four lectures on its changing aspects from ancient Egypt to Bernini,
ed. H.W. Janson (1964, repr. London, 1992). P. Williamson 'Sculpture', in J. Alexander and P. Binski (eds), Age of chivalry: art in Plantagenet England 1200-1400 (London, 1987), pp. 98-106,
at p. 104. References to sources cited
earlier should have the author's surname and a shortened version of the title,
as in: 12 Panofsky, Tomb
sculpture, pp. 63-66. Illustrations Photocopies of illustrations
may be sent instead of originals when articles are initially submitted, but for
reproduction good quality digital or conventional photographs, slides or scans
are essential. Line drawings should be clear and suitable for reduction in
size. Captions should be listed on a
separate sheet, with each number lightly indicated on the back of the
illustration. References to illustrations should be made in brackets in the
text, as in (Fig. 1).
Illustrations are referred to as Figs
or Fig. Authors submitting their illustrations as slides, scans or in
other digital formats should include a hard copy with their article to help the
Editor(s) and referees. Illustrations are normally printed in black and white
only; authors are requested to indicate if colour reproduction is vital
for any of their illustrations, in which case additional funds may have to be
sought. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce
images where this is necessary, and for paying any reproduction fees. They are
also asked to submit a signed statement
to the Editor(s) to confirm that permission has been granted. Consistency and careful
adherence to these guidelines are essential. If further clarification is
required, authors are requested to refer to past issues of Church Monuments before
consulting the Editor(s). The Editor(s) will inform authors as soon as possible if their
articles have been accepted for publication. In that case authors should send
any requested amendments as well as original illustration material to the
Editor(s) within a month, unless stated otherwise; proofs should also be
returned within a month. Editor's contact address: Dr Sophie Oosterwijk FSA Department of the History of
Art and Film University of Leicester University Road LEICESTER LE1 7RH (UK) e-mail: so4@le.ac.uk |