Notes for the Guidance of Contributors to Archaeologia Cantiana Evans

NOTES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF CONTRIBUTORS TO ARCHMOLOGIA CANTIANA 1. The honorary editor will always be pleased to discuss a proposed paper before it is written and to give advice. He will also read rough drafts but will not decide upon the acceptance or otherwise of any paper unless and until he has received the paper complete in all respects. 2. Papers should be typed in double spacing on one side of the paper only and all sheets must be numbered in sequence. 3. The names and styles of authors must be typed below the initial titles of papers, and not at the end; unless a communication is brief and intended for inclusion under Researches and Discoveries or Miscellaneous Notes. Reviews and book notices may either be signed or initialled. 4. Footnotes and references should be numbered consecutively throughout a paper and such footnotes and references typed on a separate sheet at the end of the paper. 5. All acknowledgements of advice or assistance should be made in a separate paragraph at the end of the main text and headed 'Acknowledgements'. 6. Only words in the typescript of a paper which are to appear in the printed text in italics must be underlined. Do not underline titles and paragraph headings. 7. Do not type titles, headings, etc., in capital (upper case) letters. 8. Capital letters should be used as little as possible. But geological, archaeological, historical and architectural periods call for their use, as in Upper Greensand, Neolithic, Iron Age, Early Medieval, Perpendicular, etc. Similarly titles of rank and honour as King, Duke, Bishop, etc., must begin with capital letters. 9. Quotation marks should normally be single, and double marks reserved for special words or phrases within the main quotation. 10. Write 'tenth century', not '10th century', etc., but the shorter forms may be used in figures, tables and lists for brevity. 11. Write 'ft.' for feet, 'in.' (not ins.) for inches, 'cm.' for centimetres, etc. 12. Compass points should be written in full, with hyphens but not in capitals, as 'south-south-east'. Percentages should be written '75 per cent.', not '75%'. FOOTNOTES AND REFERENCES 13. Books referred to frequently in a paper should be listed in a bibliography at the end, so that abbreviated references consisting of the authors' surnames can be used. 14. References to published books should be in the following form: 'F. M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, 2nd Edn. (1943), 229.' 15. For Transactions and Proceedings of Societies the following give examples: Antiq. Journ., xii, (1961), 186-98—i.e. the Antiquaries Journal, vol. 41, 1961, pages 186 to 198. Trans. Herts. Nat. Hist. Soc. and F. C, iv, (1885-7), 40—which is Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club, vol. 4, (1885-7), page 40. Generally 'J.' or 'Jour.' may stand for Journal, 'Proc' for Proceedings, 'Trans.' for Transactions, 'Soc' for Society, 'Arch.' for Archaeology, 'Hist.' for History, etc. The titles of quoted books and periodicals alone must be in italics, and it is not necessary to use 'p.' or 'pp.' 16. The Latin contractions used in references should be correctly applied. Thus 'id.' (idem, the same) should only be used to refer to an immediately preceding author's name or title of work or periodical, while 'ibid.' (ibidem, in the same place) should normally be used to refer to an immediately preceding note; 225 NOTES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF CONTRIBUTORS 'op. cit.' (opere citato, in the work quoted) should always be used with an author's name previously quoted, or with a reference back to the note where the citation occurs, thus 'Daniels, op. cit., in note 3' or, 'op. cit., in note 7', and 'loc. cit.' (loco citato, in the place quoted) should only be used to refer to the same reference as before. 17. The insertion of passages in a classical or foreign language is to be deprecated, but where they are necessary a translation should always be given. 18. When a reference is made to a translation from a work in a classical or foreign language, or a quotation made from such, the origin of the translation should be given. ILLUSTRATIONS 19. Types of illustrations. Only half-tone plates from photographs and figures from drawings, diagrams, maps, plans and graphs can be used to illustrate papers in Archceologia Cantiana. 20. Plates. Photographs for plates must be of the highest possible quality on glazed prints. Photostat copies cannot be used. Plates are indicated by Roman numerals as I, II, III, IV, etc. 21. Figures. Line drawings should be in Indian ink on good quality board, card, smooth paper or tracing paper. Figures are indicated by arabic numerals as 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. Lines and lettering on the originals for figures should be large and bold enough to admit of any necessary reduction without loss of clearness. 22. Lettering on figures. The use of 'Letraset' or 'Uno' stencils for lettering is strongly advised, as badly executed lettering cannot be accepted. 23. Scales and orientation. Where necessary scales must be drawn on the originals for figures so that they will apply accurately under any necessary reduction. On maps, charts and plans the North point must be indicated. 24. Lists of illustrations. I t would greatly assist if contributors would supply a separate list of illustrations with their papers giving plate and/or figure numbers with captions for each. Even though the number of illustrations be small, a separate statement would be appreciated. 25. Identification of illustrations. Unless photographs and drawings include information which give clues to their associated papers a short title must be written in pencil either in the margins or on the backs of drawings. In the case of photographs their glossy surfaces should never be indented by writing on the backs or by wire clips, and the short title should therefore be written on a label attached to the back of a photograph. 26. Numbering and captions. If a list of illustrations is provided as requested in para. 24 above then it is only necessary to add the figure number on drawings in margins or on the backs, and plate numbers to the labels mentioned in para. 25 above. If a list is not supplied then the full captions must be added. 27. Plates. If two or more plates can be accommodated on one page oiArchmologia Cantiana then they should be notated as Plate I, A, B, C; Plate I I , A, B, C, etc. 28. Plates. These are costly to produce and must be kept to the minimum; authors will be expected to make a case for the inclusion of plates in their papers. 29. Sizes of figures. In working out the sizes of figures contributors should keep in mind both the size and proportions of a page of Archaeologia Cantiana. The page type area is 6 | in. by 4J in. 30. Pottery figures, etc. Whenever possible pottery figures and pottery sections, and those of small objects should be drawn full size and assembled on a sheet which should measure within margins no more than 26 in. by 17 in. or less. When such a sheet is reduced to page size the drawings will become one-quarter size and this will be so stated. When assembling such drawings contributors should paste them on the sheet adequately and carefully. In cases where pottery figures cannot be drawn full size a drawn scale must be included. 31. Scale of reductions. With the exception mentioned in the above paragraph drawings should not be more than three times (19 in. by 12J in.) and preferably only about twice (13 in. by 8 in.) the size of the desired reproduction. 32. Aids to drawing. Attention'is drawn to the use of Plastitone pre-drawn 226 NOTES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF CONTRIBUTORS shading film for shading and hatching, as it greatly improves drawings, sections, plans, etc. Details can be had from West and Partners of 36, Broadway, Westminster, S.W.I, who will also send instructions for use and the name of the nearest stockist. When using such mechanical stipple bear in mind the degree of reduction because too fine a stipple will close up with reduction. 33. House Style. In general, Oxford Style should be used. See Rules for Compositors and Readers (O.U.P.) or the latest edition of Collins's Authors' and Printers' Dictionary. 34. Proof correcting. In correcting proofs contributors are asked to use the recognized system of symbols, the best guide to which is British Standards Pamphlet 1219 (1958), Proof Correction and Copy Correction. But for an accessible summary of the more commonly used symbols see Whitaker's Almanack under 'Correcting for the Press'. 35. Free Offprints. By resolution of Council all contributors of full length papers are supplied free of charge with twelve offprints of their papers. These are sent automatically and it is therefore not necessary to make application for them. These free offprints will be despatched during the two months following publication of volume. 36. Private Offprints. Additional offprints can be obtained by contributors at their own charges by direct application to our printers, Headley Brothers Ltd., The Invicta Press, Ashford, Kent. Such private orders should be placed only after the Honorary Editor has advised contributors that their papers are to be included in the next volume. 37. Offprints. Offprints of material published under Researches and Discoveries, Miscellaneous Notes, Reviews and Obituaries will not be supplied by the Society, and if desired contributors must make their own arrangements with the printers as in para. 36 above. JOHN EVANS, Honorary Editor. 1963. 227