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Chicago 17th (A) Notes and Bibliography

Sacred and ancient sources

Footnote

Format

Note number. Author Full Name, Title of Source Book.Section.Line.

Example

1. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 6.11.20.

Tips

  • Rather than using page numbers, these sources are commonly separated into sections that remain consistent throughout different editions and translations. Cite by using book, section, and line to refer to specific passages.
  • If your assessment requires sub-headings in your bibliography, then list these sources in alphabetical order by ancient author under a separate heading labelled 'Ancient Sources'. Include the name of the translator and the date of the publication of the translation.

Footnote

Format

Note number. Editor Full Name, ed., Title of Book: Subtitle, (Location: Publisher, Year of publication), Page(s).

Example

1. Miriam Lichtheim, ed., Ancient Egyptian Literature, (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1973), 34.


Subsequent note entry

2. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 34.

Bibliography

Format

Author Surname, First Name, ed. Title of Book: Subtitle. Location: Publisher, Year of publication.

Example

Lichtheim, Miriam, ed. Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume 1: The Old and Middle Kingdoms. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1973.

Tips

  • There is no universally accepted system of standardised citation for these sources, so refer to the ancient writer or the name of the text in your sentence and cite the modern edition or translation you are using.
  • List the edition, and/or the translator, and the publication details following the patterns outlined in the Books section of this guide.
  • If your assessment requires sub-headings in your bibliography, list these sources with the modern sources.

Footnote

Format

Note number. Title of Source Book:Verse


Note number. Abbreviated title of Book Chapter:Verse (Version).

Example

1. Koran 19:17–21.


2. Gen. 1:27 (New Revised Standard Version).

Tips


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