Guides: ENGL 5110: Global Medieval Literatures (McNamer): Cite Sources

Chicago Style Resources

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
Electronic version of one of the most used style guides for writing in American English. Provides rules and suggestions for bibliographies and other forms of documentation such as parenthetical references, footnotes, and endnotes. Includes instructions on how to cite electronic and online sources. Also contains a chapter on grammar and usage (punctuation, spelling, etc.).

Purdue's OWL
Purdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides guides to MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, as well as advice on research, writing and citation.
Turabian Footnote/Endnote Style
Examples of the basics of citing sources using Turabian footnote/endnote style. Based on Chicago style.

Citation Examples in Chicago Style

The Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.) lists the following elements needed for citing artworks (section 14:235):

artist
title of the work (in italics)
date of creation or completion
information about the medium
location of the work
add a URL if you found it online

For the objects you are working with, you may need to make some adaptations.

Here are examples:

Master of the Leopard Hunt. Relief Plaque: Amufi Acrobats. Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, 16th-17th century. Brass, 43.5 x 37.5 x 4 cm (17 x 14 x 2"). The National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria.

Ivory Casket. Fatimid, 11th - 12th century. Ivory, 17 x 39.5 x 23 cm. Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin. http://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;de;Mus01;12;en&cp.

Citing illustrations from a book (section 14:158)

Citing exhibition catalogs (section 14:236)

Citing maps (section 14:237)