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STUDIES IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY, THOUGHT, AND RELIGION NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

In light of the specialized and often highly detailed nature of the articles that appear in TRADITIO, the editors need careful cooperation from contributors in the preparation of manuscripts. It is in the interest of both authors and editors that manuscripts be as stylistically consistent anderror-free as possible. Each author is responsible for the accuracy of the text, including dates and citations, which should be verified before the final manuscript is submitted. Usually during June and July, the staff at TRADITIO will convert all files to Microsoft Word and carry out some basic formatting procedures. Printouts of these files will be sent to authors. Changes can be made easily andcheaply at this stage; hence, careful attention should be paid to the correction of these printouts. In the fall, contributors will receive galley proofs but not page proofs of their articles. The editors regret the necessity of charging authors for excessive corrections or additions in the proofs. Each author will receive one complimentary copy of the volume. Offprints may be ordered at the page proofstage in sets of twenty; the price is determined by the length of the article. The chief guidelines for contributors are explained below. Authors should follow first these Notes for Contributors. If further clarification is needed, they should consult the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (2003). Neither these notes nor the Chicago Manual can address all stylistic requirements acrossdisciplines; some variation is to be expected because of the demands of the subject and its treatment. In perplexing cases, authors should consult the managing editor.

PRESENTATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT Text and Program. All contributions must be printed out, double spaced with ample margins; pages should be numbered. If necessary, typewritten manuscripts will be accepted. Notes, too, should be doublespaced. Once an article is accepted, authors should send a copy on disk as well as a hard copy. Please specify the operating system and program used; Microsoft Word is preferred. Please consult the managing editor on other systems. Formatting. Authors should avoid using any display type, such as boldface or larger fonts, except for italics to indicate words that should be italicized in the printedversion. Underlining should not be used for emphasis. Use size 12 type consistently, both for text and for notes. Automatic hyphenation should be turned off, and the text should be printed with only the left margin justified; the right margin should be left unjustified.

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Subheadings. It is often useful to employ subheadings and sub-subheadings within anarticle. The preference at TRADITIO is to print subheadings in caps and small caps, centered, and sub-subheadings in italics, flush left; the staff will format them. A third level of subheadings should be avoided, if possible. Numbering subheadings and sub-subheadings is usually superfluous, but if they must be numbered, then arabic numbers (1, 2, 3) should be used for subheadings and lowercase latinletters (a, b, c) for sub-subheadings, with only a period after the number or letter. English Spelling and Style. For articles in English TRADITIO uses U.S. spelling and conventions of punctuation. The dictionary used for reference at TRADITIO is the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd edition. Manuscripts submitted with British spelling and punctuation will be changedaccordingly. TRADITIO uses a comma before the conjunction in a series: Tom, Dick, and Harry; not Tom, Dick and Harry. Unnecessary hyphens should be avoided; see examples in Chicago Manual, 7.90. TRADITIO prints m-dashes — which should be used sparingly — with a space before and after. An m-dash may be indicated by two consecutive hyphens. Notes. Notes should be printed out as endnotes and numbered...