Instructions to authors
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In the event of non-compliance with the instructions, an upgrade to the standards may be requested before any publication. Due to the nature of the journal (electronic publication), the editorial board reserves the right to refuse a text.
Each author tacitly authorizes the publication of his text online in RursuSpicae.
Documents must be sent by e-mail to arnaud.zucker[at]unice.fr, isabelle.draelants[at]irht.cnrs.fr and antoine.pasqualini[at]cepam.cnrs.fr
Language and Limitations
Your article may be written in French, English, German, Italian, Spanish.
The size of each article cannot exceed 85,000 characters, including spaces and notes.
What your contribution should include (in the following order)
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Title in the language in which the article was written
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Translation of the title into English
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Translation of the title into French only if the text is neither in French nor in English
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Short bio-bibliographic record (title, institution of possible affiliation, indicative bibliography... : 5 lines maximum)
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Summary in the language of the article
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Summary in English
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Summary in French only if the text is neither in French nor in English
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Five keywords in the language of the article
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Five keywords in English
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Five keywords in French only if the text is neither in French nor in English
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Your article (in French or English, German, Italian, Spanish) should include headings
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A final bibliography (see below)
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Each illustration must be accompanied by a caption
Characteristics of the text file you must provide us
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in doc, docx, rtf
In Word Office doc, docx, or rtf format (or LibreOffice)
We ask you to write your article in the template (downloadable here), using the appropriate style sheets (Title, Title 1, Title 2, Normal, Quote, Legend, Note)
Space below paragraphs: 6 points. No white space after paragraphs or before indented quotations. Space below notes: 2 points.
The body of the text will be in “Déjà vu sans”, 12 points, notes in 10, quotations can be presented with an indentation of the paragraph of 2 cm, font 10,
The font can be downloaded here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dejavu/files/dejavu/2.33/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.33.zip/download (source: http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/index.php?title=Download).
General remarks regarding your Word document
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Choose a simple layout, free of visual effects.
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Use only one font (DejaVu Sans [Unicode font]), including for non-Roman characters. If other fonts are required (Chinese characters, hieroglyphs, etc.), please specify this and provide the font file.
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Do not add tabs or extra spaces before or after quotations.
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Do not insert blank lines within the text; instead, use subheadings (maximum of three heading levels).
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After a paragraph in a different style (such as quotations), do not indent the following paragraph.
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Do not insert forced page breaks.
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Do not create columns (if necessary, use a table format with invisible gridlines).
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Avoid “copy-and-paste” from other parts of your work (or ensure that the styles match the surrounding text).
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Do not use idem, ibidem, op. cit., except when the same title or author is cited immediately before in the same note.
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Capital letters must be accented in French (in Word, select the language “French (Belgium)” to enable this).
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Use French quotation marks: « … »; for quotations within quotations, use the following form: ‘…’.
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Latin words inserted into the body of the article (short quotations) should be in italics; words in ancient vernacular languages (Middle High German, Middle French, etc.) should be placed in quotation marks, as should short quotations from modern authors. Long indented quotations (Greek, Latin, ancient vernacular languages) do not require italics or quotation marks (except for internal quotation marks, if applicable).
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Do not use “and following” (et suivantes) to indicate page ranges in a publication; always specify the exact page numbers.
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For the transliteration of Greek, please follow these principles for letters without obvious equivalents (without using circumflex accents):
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epsilon → e (no accent)
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ēta → ē (e with macron)
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upsilon → u
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omega → ō (o with macron)
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rough breathing → h (before a vowel or after r).
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References to sources (in the text)
In the text, the citation references, for both ancient and modern authors, immediately follow the citation and are in brackets. Example = agitur introrsum will go de caelo (Orose 4.2.1); διὸ καὶ φιλοσοφώτερον ποίησις καὶ καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ποίησις ἱστορίας ἱστορίας ἐστίν (Aristotle, Poet. 1451b5)
In the notes, the citation references precede, with the author's name in small capitals. Example = Orose 4.2.1: agitur introrsum ira de caelo stirrer; Aristotle, Poet. 1451b5: διὸ καὶ φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ καὶ καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἱστορίας ἐστίν ἐστίν
The numbering is given in Arabic numerals; use the dot as a separator, e.g. : 4.2.1 (not IV, 2, 1).
For ancient authors:
Use the full name of the author (in the language of the article) and common abbreviations for works. At the first mention, the names of medieval authors (auctoritates) are given in Latin in the most common form, in full, with the title of the work. Then, the reference can be abbreviated if it is repeated frequently: Example: Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum, 6.7, ed. Frankfurt, 1601: p. xx. Thereafter: Bartholomaeus Anglicus, DPR 6.7.
In the case of a vernacular author, his name is given in the language of his work. Example: Philippe de Thaon, Li Compoz; Konrad von Megenberg, Der Buch der Natur; Jacob van Maerlandt, Die Naturen bloemen.
For modern authors:
Choose a system and stick with it.
If you put references in the text, use an abbreviated reference in brackets (Date name: page). Example: (Fortenbaugh, 2014: 38).
In the notes, give the full bibliographic reference at the first mention (for first names, give only initials). Ex : A. M. Doyen, « Les textes d’hippiatrie grecque. Bilan et perspectives », L’Antiquité classique, 1981, p. 258-273.
From the second mention of the title in a note, apply the "Bostonian" Harvard reference standard (Author [in small caps], year: pagination), with the first significant words of the title, year, pages. Example: Gruber, L’hippiatrie antique, 2010, p. 29-50 (do not use Ibidem or op. cit.).
If there are more than three authors, for example P. Huby, S. Ebbesen, D. Langslow, D. Russell, C. Steel, M. Wilson (trans.). Priscian: Answers to King Khosroes of Persia, 2016, in the text, this will appear as: (Huby et alii, Priscian, 2016).
If several publications by the same author published in the same year are mentioned, use short titles: Jacquart, La médecine arabe, 2007a; Jacquart, Turisanus, 2007b.
The separator between the parts of the reference is the comma.
Bibliography
Subdivided into I. Editions of texts and II. Scholarly works, including all authors and titles mentioned in the body and notes of the article.
The name of the publisher does not need to be mentioned, except for incunabula, printed books and antique editions.
For ancient and medieval authors, specify the edition used, with bibliographical details. Examples:
Thomas Cantimpratensis, Liber de natura rerum, Helmut Boese (éd.), Berlin - New York, 1973.
Beda Venerabilis, De natura rerum, Migne Jean-Paul (ed.), (Patrologia latina, 110), col. 187-278.
In the list of bibliographical references, the presentation is as follows:
Name First name, Title of the work, Place [in the language of the country of origin], date, (and if applicable:) (Collection, number in the collection in Arabic numerals).
Dutton Paul E., "The Little Matter of a Title: Philosophia Magistri Willelmi de Conchis", in Obrist, B. - Caiazzo, I., (ed.), Guillaume de Conches: philosophie et science au XIIe siècle, Firenze, 2011.
Name First name, “Title of the article”, Title of the journal, number, date, p. 00-00.
Name First name, "Title of the article", in Name First name (dir.), Collective title, Place, date, (Collection, number in the collection if it exists), p. 00-00.
NB : When citing an electronic resource, it is important to note its online release, consultation date, and associated DOI identifier (http://www.maisondesrevues.org/253#tocto2n4).
E.g. : Giaume Claire, "Le chœur dans les luttes d’Aristophane. Rôle et évolution des interventions du chœur dans les scènes d’agôn chez Aristophane", Rursus [On line], 6 | 2011, put online on 11 February 2011, consulted on 25 April 2012. URL: http://rursus.revues.org/515. DOI: 10,4000/rursus.515
Remember to capitalize the first letters of nouns and adjectives in English titles: Tubach Frederic C., Index exemplorum: A Handbook of Medieval Religious Tales, Helsinki, 1969.
Attention: do not leave in the final bibliography the exact pages referred to in the notes (only the pages where the article or chapter is printed).



