THEMATIC PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
ART READINGS – OLD ART MODULE
The editors of the Art Readings – Old Art Module series intend to present the volume in SCOPUS and Web of Science (WoS). Therefore, they must ensure that the full volumes and each article meet the rigorous criteria set before the annual thematic peer-reviewed indexed editions in the specified international scientific databases.
The first stage of selection and evaluation is carried out by the Organising Committee and the International Supervisory Board of the Art Readings – Old Art Module, which since 2015 have chosen to participate in the conference only the proposals for reports that meet the detailed requirements for participation: originality of the text and issues corresponding to the topic of the forum. After the conference participants present their reports, recommendations are made, and ideas are given for further development or deepening the research by the specialised audience during the discussion, which is the second stage of the selection. The third stage is the preparation of the texts for publication according to all the requirements of the edition, which are aimed at facilitating and speeding up the blind peer-review process.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING TEXTS FOR PUBLICATION
Submission deadline: July 1
All materials should be sent by e-mail to: readingsart@gmail.com
The text must contain full details of the author and be formatted as follows:
Author Title and Name: The name must be accompanied by a first footnote, for example, Ivanka Gergova1, including a brief presentation of the author’s academic profile (in English), for example:
1 DSc Ivanka Gergova is a Professor at the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, working in the field of Bulgarian and Balkan Orthodox art (15th–19th centuries).
Length: not more than 28,000 characters (approx. 15 pages), including spaces. This length also includes footnotes and bibliography.
Abstract: below the title, an abstract should be added of not more than 100 words (600 characters) – in the language of the article, and also in English. NB: The abstract text must be different from the summary text.
Keywords: maximum 7, not repeating words/terms from the title.
Summary: not more than 900 characters, incl. spaces (in English for all articles).
Bibliography: The expanded titles of the cited publications are added after the main text, arranged in alphabetical order, according to the transliterated names of the authors in the order of the Latin alphabet, with the full scope of pages of the cited articles and studies (see BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION). Please use headings to separate Primary sources from Literature.
Illustrations: not more than 10, in JPEG or TIFF format (minimum resolution 300-600 dpi).
List of illustrations: in the language of the article; the list shall be indicated after the summary (see INSCRIPTIONS TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS). It is mandatory to indicate the source of the photo.
TEXT LAYOUT AND CITATION
The text should be produced in Word, whether for Mac or PC, in Times or Times New Roman, font size – 12.
Citation of Greek epigraphic and/or palaeographic material: use Palatino Linotype font or another Unicode font that includes all required characters.
Citation of Cyrillic epigraphic and/or palaeographic material: use CyrillicaOchrid10U font (font can be downloaded here).
Indication of dates: to use Arabic numerals for centuries in an English text – for example 17th, 18th century and Roman numerals in Bulgarian – for example XVIII в., XIX в. (or according to the standards of the respective language).
Quotes: In the articles in Cyrillic, use the Bulgarian version of the quotation marks „…..“, and in the articles in the Latin alphabet: “……..”.
Notes in body text: Notes should be formatted as footnotes. The index must be entered with an Arabic numeric superscript and precede and not follow the punctuation mark (… testimony13, / … testimony13. / … testimony13?). The literature used should be quoted in the footnotes in abbreviated form with reference only to the author’s surname, year of publication and quoted pages, for example: Gergova 2017: 5, ill. 1.
Abbreviations such as „Пак там“; „Същият“; „Цит. съч.“ / “Ibid.”, “Idem.”, “Op. cit.” should not be used.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
Books:
Brown 1988: Brown, Peter. The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity. New York.
Books/articles with more authors:
Brubaker, Haldon 2001: Brubaker, Leslie, John Haldon. Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era (ca. 680-850): The Sources. Birmingham.
Jacobs, Richard 2012: Jacobs, Ine, Julian Richard. “We Surpass the Beautiful Waters of Other Cities by the Abundance of Ours”: Reconciling Function and Decoration in Late Antique Fountains. – Journal of Late Antiquity, 5/1, 3-71.
Articles in books/edited volumes:
Bakalova 2000: Bakalova, Elka. The Earliest Surviving Icons from Bulgaria. In: Perceptions of Byzantium and Its Neighbours (843–1261): The Metropolitan Museum of Art Symposia (ed. O. Z. Pevny). New York, 118-135.
If the collection has a separate title or the monograph is part of a series, for example:
Yankov 2018: Yankov, Angel. Пловдивският род Куюмджиоглу и неговото наследство [Plovdivskiyat rod Kuyumdzhioglu i negovoto nasledstvo]. In: Традицията в народната култура (= Годишник на Регионален етнографски музей – Пловдив, 7) [Traditsiyata v narodnata kultura (= Godishnik na Regionalen etnografski muzey – Plovdiv, 7)]. Plovdiv, 11-24.
If the collection with a separate title and editors is part of a series, for example:
Zhiteneva 2022: Zhiteneva, Anna. Книгописная мастерская при псковском Троицком соборе в первой четверти XV века [Knigopisnaya masterskaya pri pskovskom Troitskom sobore v pervoy chetverti XV veka]. In: Манастирски библиотеки в южнославянските земи и Русия през XIV–XVI век (ред. М. Скарпа, Е. Белякова, Т. Пентковска) (= Кирило-Методиевски студии, 32) [Manastirski biblioteki v yuzhnoslavyanskite zemi i Rusiya prez XIV–XVI vek (red. M. Skarpa, E. Belyakova, T. Pentkovska) (= Kirilo-Metodievski studii, 32)]. Sofia, 219-230.
Lidova 2024: Lidova, Maria. Old Habits New Faith: A Late Antique Amulet from Egypt (BM 1938, 1010.1). In: Metamorphoses (eds. I. Dosseva, M. Kuyumdzhieva, R. Rousseva) (= Art Readings I. 2023). Sofia, 87-102.
Articles in journals:
Mouriki 1997: Mouriki, Doula. The Portrait of Theodore Studite in Byzantine Art. – Jahrbuch der österreichischen Byzantinistik, 20, 243-244.
Articles in catalogues/corpora/encyclopaedias:
When citing articles in catalogues and corpora, it is mandatory to indicate the author of the individual article when they are mentioned, for example:
Miyatev 1964: Mijatev (=Miyatev), Krstju. Hl. Georg und Hl. Demetrius. In: Kunstschätze in bulgarischen Museen und Klöstern (ed. I. von Kamptz). Exhibition catalogue: Villa Hügel. Essen, 159 (no. 266).
Gergova, Penkova 2012: Gergova, Ivanka, Biserka Penkova. „Св. Димитър“, Арбанаси [„Sv. Dimitar“, Arbanasi]. In: Корпус на стенописите от XVII век в България [Korpus na stenopisite ot XVII vek v Balgariya]. Sofia, 67-74.
Master’s theses and dissertations:
Trichkovska 2008: Trichkovska, Јuliјa. Делата во Македонија на сликарското семејство на Михаил од Самарина [Delata vo Makedoniјa na slikarskoto semeјstvo na Mihail od Samarina]. Докторска дисертација, Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј“, Филозофски факултет [Doktorska disertatsiјa, Univerzitet „Sv. Kiril i Metodiј“, Filozofski fakultet], Skopјe.
Newspaper and Internet publications:
Ashikov 2002: Ashikov, Georgi. Лясковският манастир [Lyaskovskiat manastir]. – Църковен вестник [Tsarkoven vestnik], 102/15, 1-15.08, 6.
Petrov 2012: Petrov, Petar. Житие на Филотея Темнишка: богословски акценти [Zhitie na Filotea Temnishka: bogoslovski aspekti]. – Двери на православието [Dveri na pravoslavieto], https://dveri.bg/component/com_content/Itemid,100521/catid,280/id,15582/ view,article/ [посетен на 12.12.2023].
Citation of archival materials:
Cited archives in Cyrillic are transliterated, those in the Latin alphabet are given in the original language.
Citation in text: NA–BAN, f. 53К, op. 1, a.е. 223, l. 380.
Extended bibliographic citation in the list of cited literature:
NA–BAN, f. 53K: Научен архив на Българска академия на науките, фонд 53К „Йордан Иванов“ [Nauchen arhiv na Balgarska akademiya na naukite, fond 53K „Yordan Ivanov“].
Publications without year of issue:
Dolapchiev s.a.: Dolapchiev, Georgi A. Ахтопол. Мит, история, природа и икономика до края на ХХ век [Ahtopol. Mit, istoria, priroda i ikonomika do kraya na XX vek]. Sofia.
Publications without an indicated author:
Mesemvria 1924: Месемврия. Оригинални картини от И. Обербауер [Mesemvria. Originalni kartini ot I. Oberbauer]. Sofia.
Publications by the same author and with the same year of printing:
When citing two or more publications by the same author, whether from the same collection or in the same year of printing, they are denoted by a, b, c, etc. according to the sequence of their entry, for example:
Vasiliev 1967а: Vasiliev, Asen. Образи на Климент Охридски [Obrazi na Kliment Ohridski]. Sofia.
Vasiliev 1967b: Vasiliev, Asen. Изследвания в църквата „Св. Стефан“ в Несебър [Izsledvaniya v tsarkvata „Sv. Stefan“ v Nesebar]. – Музеи и паметници на културата [Muzei i pametnitsi na kulturata], 4, 20-24.
NB: The city where the edition is printed must be written in the Latin alphabet – in transliteration or with the English version of the name. Publishers are not noted except in cases where no city is specified.
CITATION OF PUBLICATIONS IN CYRILLIC
Please note that all Cyrillic author names should be transliterated into Latin characters. The titles should be given in Cyrillic and then transliterated in square [ ] brackets.
Articles in journals:
Dinova-Ruseva 2010: Dinova-Ruseva, Vera. Социо-психологически етюд върху личността и творчеството на Захарий Зограф [Sotsio-psihologicheski etyud varhu lichnostta i tvorchestvoto na Zahariy Zograf]. – Art Studies Quarterly, 4, 3-10.
Articles in books/edited volumes:
Shchepkina 1974: Shchepkina, Marfa. Тератологический орнамент [Teratologicheskiy ornament]. In: Древнерусское искусство. Рукописная книга [Drevnerusskoe iskusstvo. Rukopisnaya kniga]. 2. Moscow, 219-239.
For transliteration from Cyrillic, use only: http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/serbian_conversion.htm
NB: Please note that all names of authors of Greek-language publications must be transliterated into the Latin alphabet, but the titles of the publications are not transliterated, e.g. Kalogeropoulos 1926: Kalogeropoulos, Nikolaos. Μεταβυζαντινή και νεοελληνική τέχνη. Athens.
INSCRIPTIONS TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS
Articles in Latin/Greek:
Photo G. Kitov
Photo credit Historical Museum – Samokov. Photo L. Nikolov
Photo after Prolović 2017: 252
Source www.lostbulgaria.com
Articles in Cyrillic:
Снимка И. Досева
Снимка кредит НИМ–София. Снимка И. Досева
Снимка по Asgari 1992: 8
Източник https://museum-sp.ru/upload/iblock/a12/12_pelen_xv.jpg
NB: All authors must ensure that the materials submitted for printing are formatted according to the guidelines. The responsibility for the linguistic and stylistic qualities of the articles lies entirely with their authors. We strongly recommend that all texts not written in the mother tongue be read and corrected by a native speaker or a philologist.
Submissions failing to meet the deadline and/or the guidelines outlined above will be rejected.
The editors will notify the contributors of the peer-review process results by October 1 of the same year.
