The Department of Publications operates as a small university press within the Institute, and publishes the results of research carried out by all medievalists. The Institute publishes studies, texts, translations, reference works, and collections of articles relating to the history and culture of the Middle Ages. Submissions may be in French or English. The Institute’s annual journal, Mediaeval Studies, has been published continuously since 1939.

Manuscript Review Committee and Advisory Board
The Institute's editorial programme is overseen by the Manuscript Review Committee, which is chaired by James P. Carley, FRSC, Distinguished Research Professor at York University, Toronto and Associate Fellow of the Institute, and includes fellows of the Institute and senior academics from around the University of Toronto.

The Manuscript Review Committee is assisted by a new Publications Advisory Board, whose members are:
      Professor MARY CARRUTHERS, New York University and All Souls College, Oxford
      Professor EAMON DUFFY, Magdalene College, Cambridge
      Dr RICHARD FAFARA, Washington, DC
      Professor VINCENT GILLESPIE, University of Oxford
      Mrs MARUJA JACKMAN, Toronto
      Professor F. DONALD LOGAN, Emmanuel College, Boston
      Professor R. JAMES LONG, Fairfield University, Connecticut
      Dr RICHARD REX, University of Cambridge
      Professor BRIAN STOCK, University of Toronto
      Professor WILLIAM P. STONEMAN, Harvard University

Consulting Editors
      Medieval Irish Literature and Celtic Studies: Professor ANN DOOLEY, University of Toronto
      Middle English and Early Modern Literature: Professor A.S.G. EDWARDS, De Montfort University
      Medieval French Literature: Professor BRIAN MERRILEES, University of Toronto

Editorial Programme
The Institute publishes studies, texts, translations, reference works, and collections of articles relating to the history and culture of the middle ages. Submissions may be in French or English. The Institute’s annual journal, Mediaeval Studies, has been published continuously since 1939. There are about 300 titles in print, along with over sixty issues (and 3 index volumes) of Mediaeval Studies.

Monograph Series
Institute publications fall under several series. Studies and Texts, our flagship series, publishes modern scholarship on sources of medieval society and thought. This collection, which includes publications of the Monumenta Liturgica Beneventana, now also includes five new sub-series described further below.

The Institute continues to maintain its long-standing mandate in making the best scholarship in medieval studies available for university teaching, especially through its series of Mediaeval Sources in Translation, now edited by Mary Carruthers (see further note below). This collection also includes the sub-series St Michael's College Mediaeval Translations.

Each academic year the Institute has invited a senior medievalist to give the annual Etienne Gilson Lecture, established in honour of the Institute’s founder. These lectures have been published in the Etienne Gilson series, which also includes works by and about Etienne Gilson, and about the unique character and influence of the Institute's philosophical traditions on contemporary thought.

Other series include: Subsidia Mediaevalia, a series surveying archival and reference materials; and Papers in Mediaeval Studies, collections of articles on medieval culture; publications of the Greek Index Project; as well as a number of editions and monographs.

The Institute also collaborates with other centres and projects, both locally and abroad, to publish: Toronto Medieval Latin Texts, a series of texts in Latin published on behalf of the Centre of Medieval Studies, University of Toronto; Publications of the Dictionary of Old English, a series of research tools, texts, and studies published on behalf of the Dictionary of Old English; and Durham Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Durham Medieval and Renaissance Monographs and Essays (see further below), on behalf of Durham University. The Institute also distributes the Publications de l’Institut d’Études Médiévales, Montreal.

New Book Series and Initiatives
The editorial initiatives launched in 2008 to mark 75 years of scholarly publishing at PIMS saw the introduction of four new book series. In 2009–2010, four additional series were introduced, ranging from Islamic studies to studies in the history of medieval science, from medieval illuminated manuscripts to the writings of the four orders of friars.

British Writers of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period – Editions, Translations, and Studies, is edited by James P. Carley (York University and PIMS), Anne Hudson (University of Oxford), Richard Sharpe (University of Oxford), and James Willoughby (University of Oxford). This series, which will include translations where appropriate, grows in part out of the Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues and complements Richard Sharpe’s A Handlist of the Latin Writers of Great Britian and Ireland Before 1540 as well as A.G. Rigg’s A History of Anglo-Latin Literature, 1066–1422. Apart from medieval works it will include editions and translations as well as studies of the writings of the Tudor bibliographers and religious polemicists. The series will not be restricted to Latin writers however, and we encourage authors also to propose editions, translations, and general studies of vernacular texts. Draft guidelines for the series are available. We welcome submissions: please contact Professor James Carley.

Catholic and Recusant Texts of the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods, edited by T.S. Freeman (University of Sheffield), Ann M. Hutchison (York University and PIMS), and Alison Shell (University of Durham), is devoted to editions and studies by Catholic writers during a tumultuous period in English intellectual history. Despite their official suppression, Catholic ideas and ideals remained prominent in English thought long after the break with Rome. Recusant writings are now receiving greater attention from both medievalists and early modern scholars: the past decades have witnessed the rediscovery and re-editing of new texts, accurate and more detailed bibliographical scholarship, as well as an unparalleled enrichment of the literary, historical, and cultural contexts. The inception of this series is therefore as timely as it is significant. The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies serves as an ideal publisher for this series, since its Library possesses a strong collection of early printed editions of recusant texts, holdings that are further complemented by the rich Counter-Reformation Collection in the library of the University of St Michael's College. Please contact Professor Ann M. Hutchison.

Durham Publications in Medieval and Renaissance Studies is a collaboration of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. G.E.M. Gasper serves as General Editor of the collection, and Andrew M. Beresford is Deputy Editor.Durham Publications comprises the three series described below.
    •  Durham Medieval and Renaissance Texts, edited by John McKinnell and David Ashurst, is dedicated to providing authoritative editions of medieval and renaissance texts, to the highest scholarly standards. The series has particular strengths in Old and Middle English, and Old Norse, but is willing to accept texts in any vernacular as well as Latin and Greek, within the period c350–c1620. Facing-page translation of texts are accepted, but not free-standing translations. Please contact Professor John McKinnell or Dr David Ashurst for further information.
    •  Durham Medieval and Renaissance Texts in Translation, edited by David Ashurst and Neil Cartlidge, provides free-standing, high-quality translation into English from any medieval language, Latin, Greek and vernaculars (especially, French, Spanish, German, Old and Middle English, Old Norse and Italian). It responds to the need to convey literary and historical resources from one language, discipline or culture to those who work on other areas, and, above all, for teaching purposes. Any text within the period c.350–c.1620, in any language, will be considered. Please contact Dr David Ashurst or Dr Neil Cartlidge.
    •  Durham Medieval and Renaissance Monographs and Essays, edited by David Cowling and Alec Ryrie, will consider for publication scholarly monographs from any discipline within the period c350–c1620. Please write to Professor David Cowling or to Professor Alec Ryrie, general editors.

History of Medieval Science – Editions, Translations, and Studies, is edited by B.B. Price (York University). This series aims to increase appreciation and awareness of medieval scientific ideas and practices, including those of mathematics and medicine, through editions, translations, and studies. The scope of the series seeks to take into account the place of medieval scientific thought in both the elementary curricula of the quadrivium and also within and outside the higher faculties of arts and theology and the schools of medicine. The breadth, diversity, and visual presentation of medieval scientific works, many of which were designed for appeal to more than a literate readership, are worthy of rigorous but also creative analysis. Proposals on any relevant topic and from any medieval period, region, or language are welcomed; authors are also encouraged to consider what contribution a proposed edition, translation, or monograph might make to the history of science in general. For further information, please write to Professor Betsey Price.

Islam and Muslim Societies in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods. edited by Ruba Kana'an (Noor Chair of Islamic Studies at York University, Toronto). This new series on Islam and Muslim societies aims to examine the intellectual and cultural life of Muslims in the Medieval and Early Modern periods, a time when Muslim contributions to the preservation, advancement, and application of knowledge were remarkable and often unparalleled. The aim of the series is to present examinations of the breadth and diversity of Islamic thought to scholars and students, particularly those who do not primarily work in the field of Islamic Studies. As such, the series fills a gap in publications on Islam that can be used for comparative research as well as for teaching by scholars in a range of fields and disciplines. The series will include books by academics working in the areas of Islamic jurisprudence, philosophy, theology, art, literature, history, and science, among others. The books in the series will be written in a scholarly yet accessible form, with relevant bibliographical information and references. For further details, please contact Ruba Kana'an.

Judaism and the Jewish–Christian Relationship. Edited by Devorah Schoenfeld (Loyola University Chicago) and John Marcus Beard (Gettysburg University), this series will publish books on Jewish intellectual and cultural life in the medieval Christian world, on similarities and convergences between medieval Jewish and Christian thought or culture, and on medieval Jewish-Christian relations. We welcome proposals for scholarly monographs, essay collections, and critical editions and translations of primary sources. Please contact Devorah Schoenfeld or John Marcus Beard with your proposal.

Medieval Law and Theology, is edited by Joseph Goering and Giulio Silano (University of Toronto). Theology and Canon Law, the two senior faculties of the medieval university, represent the most prestigious areas of thought and study in the middle ages. Although the liberal arts, philosophy and civil law attracted many students, those faculties never supplanted Theology and Canon Law at the summit of the intellectual and cultural life of medieval society. The disciplines of theology and canon law arose out of the needs of the medieval Church. Both disciplines were thought to be necessary for the effective workings of the Church and for the well-being of its members. The breadth and diversity of works that were written throughout the Middle Ages, both for scholars and for more widespread use by clergy and laity, is beyond accounting. The purpose of this series is to publish studies and texts of medieval canon law and theology. Proposals for books and monographs on any topic in medieval theology or canon law are most welcome. We are particularly interested in publishing editions of scholastic and popular works, as well as historical studies of medieval law and theology from all periods of the middle ages. Please write to Professor Joseph Goering or Professor Giulio Silano.

Mediaeval Sources in Translation: We are also pleased that Mary Carruthers, Remarque Professor of Literature, New York University, and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, has assumed the role of general editor for the Institute's long-standing series of Mediaeval Sources in Translation. Forthcoming volumes will include reissues of previously published works, occasionally revised but all with newly commissioned introductions, as well as new, hitherto untranslated works. Among the works scheduled for release in 2009 are Geoffrey of Vinsauf's Poetria nova, translated by Margaret Nims and with a new introduction by Martin Camargo (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), and The Moral Treatise on the Eye of Peter of Limoges, in a translation by Richard Newhauser (Arizona State University). Prospective authors are urged to contact Professor Mary Carruthers with proposals and requests for further information.

Text-Image-Context: Studies in Medieval Manuscript Illumination, edited by Jeffrey F. Hamburger (Harvard University). Illuminated manuscripts provide a nearly unbroken record of painting throughout the Middle Ages as well as a conspectus of many, if not all, of the genres of medieval exegesis and literature in both Latin and the various vernaculars. Indispensable sources for the investigation of virtually all aspects of medieval life and culture, many illuminated manuscripts nonetheless remain unknown or poorly published. This new series aims to provide a setting for innovative investigations of unfamiliar material as well as fresh studies of familiar landmarks. In addition to monographs and thematic studies, projects that focus on manuscripts in relation to other media, such as epigraphy, inscriptions and printing, will also be considered, as will studies that place the history of manuscript illumination in broader cultural contexts. Proposals should describe in detail the required program of illustration. For further information, please contact Professor Jeffrey F. Hamburger.

Toronto Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Rhetoric is a new series focusing on work in early European rhetorics edited by Rita Copeland (University of Pennsylvania) and Jill Ross (University of Toronto). The editors invite submissions in the following areas: editions and translations of medieval or early modern rhetorical texts, with substantial introductions; historical studies of the development of rhetoric from the early Middle Ages through the Early Modern periods; monographs on medieval or early modern rhetorical theory, or examining how rhetoric functions as the vehicle for literary production in particular texts; monographs employing rhetorical theory to explore exegesis, medicine, literature, philosophy, historiography, or another area of medieval and early modern discourse; essay collections on medieval or early modern rhetoric, including studies of a particular historical development or rhetorician, or of a concept such as metonymy or allegory. Inquiries may be sent to Professor Rita Copeland and to Professor Jill Ross.

Toronto Studies in Romance Philology is edited by Francis Gingras (Université de Montréal), Dorothea Kullmann (University of Toronto), David G. Pattison (University of Oxford), and Franco Pierno (University of Toronto). A witness to the "international" character of medieval Romance culture, this series will not be limited to French or any other of the major Romance languages, but will include high-level scholarly monographs, editions, edited conference proceedings, or other collective volumes on any subject within the area of medieval Romance languages and literatures. Prospective authors should submit a brief written proposal to the editors via email: Dorothea Kullmann; David G. Pattison; Franco Pierno; or Francis Gingras.

Vita evangelica: Medieval and Early Modern Spiritual Texts from Western Europe is edited by Anne Mouron (St Bede's Hall, Oxford). This series is designed to offer translations into Modern English from works by the four orders of friars: Augustinian, Dominican, Franciscan, Carmelite, and other orders with Augustinian affinities, such as the Praemonstratensians and the Augustinian canons. It will mainly focus on texts from the later Middle Ages and the early modern period, but will also include the older canonical tradition. The series will accept translations from good editions or reliable manuscripts from Latin or from any vernacular of Western Europe. The series is edited by Dr Anne Mouron (St Bede's Hall, Oxford). The board of editors includes Rev Dr Paul Chandler, OCarm (Institutum Carmelitanum, Rome), Dr Carol Muessig (University of Bristol), Rev Dr Bernard Mulcahy, OP (Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Washington), Professor Karla Pollman (University of St Andrews), and Professor Frederick van Fleteren (La Salle University and St Augustine Institute at Villanova University). For further information, please contact Anne Mouron.

Guide for Authors

1. The Institute urges medievalists from all parts of the world to submit proposals for book-length manuscripts. Submissions may be in English or in French.
2. Although encouragement may be given on the basis of a project proposal or prospectus, no serious consideration nor firm commitment can be made except on the basis of a completed work: foreword, preface, introduction, text, notes, bibliography, etc. The author is expected to provide a clear, double-spaced type-written copy of the entire work.
3. When a work is submitted, it is examined by members of the Manuscript Review Committee, which includes Fellows of the Institute, the Director of Publications, as well as the Editors. If the preliminary impression of the Committee is favourable, typescripts are sent to at least two readers for appraisal. No final decision to publish can be made without the recommendation of the two readers or of any further readers the Committee may appoint. If the readers give only qualified approval, consideration for publication will go forward only if and when the author has revised the work (or answered the objections) to the Committee’s satisfaction.
4. When the typescript has been accepted in principle for publication, it will be edited for mechanical errors, inconsistencies etc. Accurate citation and acceptable style remain the responsibility of the author. If fair samples indicate that the work fails to meet these criteria, the typescript will be returned to the author for revision.
5. The book can be typeset using computer diskettes supplied by the author using any common word-processing program.
6. After the manuscript has been typeset, the author is expected to supply an index (or indexes).
7. Even if scholarly and academic evaluation is wholly favourable, financial considerations must often weigh in the decision to publish since it is not prudent to embark on a publishing project that is not economically sound. Most titles can be published only with subsidies or grants-in-aid. If the author’s own university or affiliated academic body can provide a subvention, the decision to publish may be facilitated; otherwise funding must usually be sought from some outside granting agency. Works by Canadian authors may be eligible for grants from the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme sponsored by the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada.
8. Publication of serious medieval scholarship is not a money-making enterprise. We ask our authors to waive royalties.
9. The Institute holds the copyright to all works it publishes.
10. The author receives a number of complimentary copies of the book and may purchase additional copies in any quantity at any time at 40% of the current list price. The Institute distributes review copies and meets legal deposit requirements.
11. Authors are requested to follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982). Where alternative conventions for documentation are proposed, follow one consistently throughout. Prospective contributors are encouraged to consult recent publications (such as Jill Webster’s Els Menorets: The Franciscans in the Realms of Aragon, from St. Francis to the Black Death [1993]) for formats governing notes, bibliography, indexes, etc.

Submissions
Please address all manuscripts, with a covering letter, and all editorial enquiries to: the Chair or to the Editors, Manuscript Review Committee (see the information provided below).

Department of Publications: Fellows and Staff
      BILL HARNUM, Director of Publications
      416 926 7126 | Fax 416 926 7258 | <bill.harnum@sympatico.ca>
      JAMES P. CARLEY, Chair, Manuscript Review Committee
      416 926 7283 | Fax 416 926 7258 | <jcarley@yorku.ca>
      JONATHAN BLACK, Editor of Mediaeval Studies
      416 926 7105 | Fax 416 926 7258 | <jonathan.black@utoronto.ca>
      FRED R. UNWALLA, Editor
      416 926 7280 | Fax 416 926 7258 | <unwalla@chass.utoronto.ca>
      JEAN C. HOFF, Editor
      416 926 1300, ext 3233 | Fax 416 926 7258 | <jean.hoff@utoronto.ca>
      ANGELA MacALONEY, Secretary (orders and enquiries)
      416 926 7144 | Fax 416 926 7258 | <angela.macaloney@utoronto.ca>

Please address all correspondence to: The Department of Publications, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 59 Queen’s Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C4.

Permissions
The Institute retains the exclusive copyright to all its publications, and additionally, to selected works by Institute Fellows. Requests for permission to reprint material, whether in newly published volumes, collected essays, or printed or electronic instructional compilations, should be addressed to the Director of Publications at the address above.