Citing the Models of Authority database

1) Cite the Models of Authority database as a whole without a specific author: 

• Models of Authority: Scottish Charters and the Emergence of Government (London, 2014–) <https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/> [Accessed day/month/year]

2) When citing Blogs and Articles give the individual author, title and year specific to that entry, e.g.

• John Davies, 'The Standardisation of Diplomatic in Scottish Royal Acts down to 1249. Part 2: Letters with Notification', Models of Authority: Scottish Charters and the Emergence of Government (London, 2016) <https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/standardisation-notification/> [Accessed day/month/year]

3) For individual charters, add the page title (in quotation marks), e.g. 

• 'BL Cotton Ch. xviii.7: face', Models of Authority: Scottish Charters and the Emergence of Government (London, 2014–)<https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/digipal/page/47/> [Accessed day/month/year]

4) To cite edited texts and/or translations: add the page title (in quotation marks), e.g. 

• 'NLS Adv. MS 15.1.18, no. 1', ed and trans. by John Reuben Davies, Models of Authority: Scottish Charters and the Emergence of Government (London, 2014–)
  <https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/digipal/manuscripts/238/texts/view/?above=location/locus/face/;subl:%5B%5B%22%22,%22clause%22%5D,%5B%22type%22,%22disposition%22%5D%5D;&center=translation/sync/location/;dis:highlights%20multicolor;subl:%5B%5B%22%22,%22clause%22%5D,%5B%22type%22,%22disposition%22%5D%5D;&east=transcription/sync/location/;dis:highlights%20multicolor;subl:%5B%5B%22%22,%22clause%22%5D,%5B%22type%22,%22disposition%22%5D%5D;&north=image/sync/location/;subl:%5B%5B%22%22,%22clause%22%5D,%5B%22type%22,%22disposition%22%5D%5D;olv:4,2549,-973,0;> [Accessed day/month/year]
  
  A URL shortening service, such as TinyURL, will make the URL more manageable, e.g.
  
  
• 'NLS Adv. MS 15.1.18, no. 1', ed and trans. by John Reuben Davies, Models of Authority: Scottish Charters and the Emergence of Government (London, 2014–) <https://tinyurl.com/15118no1> [Accessed day/month/year]

5) And if you wish to reference individual annotations:

• 'r, 2-shaped – DCA DCD Misc. Ch. 587: face', Models of Authority: Scottish Charters and the Emergence of Government (London, 2014–) <http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/digipal/page/3503/?graph=4490> [Accessed day/month/year]
  
  or you can use the Graph ID that is visible in the URL, e.g.
  
  

• 'r, 2-shaped 6817', Models of Authority: Scottish Charters and the Emergence of Government (London, 2014–) <https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/digipal/page/7139/?graph=6817> [Accessed day/month/year]

6) To cite your own collections, give your name, the name of the collection, the URL and the website details:

• Stewart J. Brookes, ed., 'Time for T', Models of Authority: Scottish Charters and the Emergence of Government (London, 2014–) <https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/digipal/collection/TimeforT/> [Accessed day/month/year]

7) Models of Authority uses the Archetype framework written by the Models of Authority/Archetype team. The Archetype framework should be cited as:

• Archetype <https://github.com/kcl-ddh/digipal> [Accessed day/month/year]