CHATEAU GAILLARD: GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
(Approved by Comite Permanent, 2006)
Dear Colleagues, below are the approved guidelines for submissions for Chateau Gaillard 30. Please follow the instructions as closely as possible in order to make the editorial process smooth. When your files are ready for submission, please upload them at this webpage:
Chateau Gaillard article submission page
All files should be categorized and titled as in the final paragraph below. Images should be compressed in a zip file and uploaded as one file. If this is a problem, do not hesitate to contact myself or my assistant, Paul Smith.
1. TEXT
Size and Format
Maximum length for papers delivered: 25,000 characters (including spaces) with 8 original or royalty-free illustrations.
Maximum length for poster papers: 7,000 characters (including spaces) with 4 original or royalty-free illustrations.
If you use headings and sub-headings, number them hierarchically, i.e.: 3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.1, etc.
Spelling, etc.
Use U.K, not U.S spelling
Numbers 1-20 to be written out in words; higher numbers to be given as numerals. century to be written out in full
Weights and measures always in numerals (ex: 25 g ou 5 km)
Words from languages other than English to be italicised
Give quotes from sources between “quotation marks”
Stress words in bold or underlined in black; use sparingly, if at all
2. NOTES AND REFERENCES
Place the numbers of the notes in superscript without brackets or full stop in the most appropriate place in the text at the end of a word, without a space1. At the end of a sentence, the number should be placed before the full stop2. Notes must be numbered consecutively
The text of the note will be placed at the bottom of the page.
Give references in a modified Harvard system. Give the author’s name in small capitals, followed by the year of publication and the page number, if applicable: Jones 1998, 43. The Bibliography will give the full reference. You can access small capitals via the Format and Font icons.
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
The bibliography is arranged alphabetically by the authors’ surnames, then by first name, then the year of publication. In the case of more than the one publication in the year, the works are distinguished by lower case a, b, c, etc. immediately after the year.
Each entry starts with the name of the author in small capitals, followed by the initial(s). after a space, but without comma, the year after a comma
Publications with two authors; the names are separated by an ampersand (&); publications with three or more authors; the first author and et al.:-
Waterman D.M., 1954
Waterman D.M. & Collins, A.E.P., 1963
Waterman D.M. et al., 1958
Books & Monographs
Brown, R.A., 1976, English Castles, London, 1976
Articles in Journals
Brown, R.A., 1955, Royal castle building in England. In: English Historical Review 70, 353-98
Articles in Compilations
Waterman D.M., 1963, Some Irish seventeenth century houses. In: Jope, E.M. (ed.): Studies in building history, London, 251-74
4. ILLUSTRATIONS
It is the author’s responsibility to get permission to publish illustrations when necessary and to add acknowledgements to her/his text
Photographs
Line drawings
5. SUBMISSION OF TEXT