Report of the Editor

Volume 105 of the journal consisted of 780 pages of articles, addresses, essays, book reviews, and the quarterly sections Notes and Comments, Periodical Literature, and Other Books Received, with an additional seventeen pages of preliminary material and thirty-four pages of the general index. In all, volume 105 contained 831 pages. Subsidies from authors and contributions from others made directly to the journal allowed for the addition of pages above those budgeted. Dr. Paul F. Grendler of Chapel Hill, NC (emeritus of the University of Toronto) and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, have made generous contributions.

Of the twenty-two essays published, eighteen were articles, two were addresses, plus one review essay and a forum essay. Of the articles, one treated an ancient topic, three medieval, three early modern European, one late modern European, eight American, and two were on an African theme. Eleven of their authors came from American institutions, two from Belgian, and one each from the countries of Cape Verde, Canada, Ireland, Portugal, and Tanzania. In addition, there was a Forum Essay dealing with a book on the early modern period that had contributions by scholars from American and German institutions.

In 2019, the journal published seventy-five book reviews. The book reviews can be subdivided into the following categories: general and miscellaneous (6), ancient (2), medieval (23), early modern (19), late modern (7), American and Canadian (12), and Latin American (6). Their authors came mostly from institutions in the United States (49 or 65%), but those in other countries were also represented: in the United Kingdom (10 or 13%), Italy (3 or 4%), The Netherlands (3 or 4%), two each in Canada, France, Germany, and Ireland, and one each in Mexico and Poland. Please see Table 1.

Table 1.

Book Reviews Published in 2019

The editors received twenty-four new submissions of articles in 2019. They came primarily from the United States, but also from Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom. Table 2 shows the current disposition of these submissions. During the year 2019, eighteen articles earlier accepted were published.

Table 2.

Manuscripts Submitted in 2019

The Nelson H. Minnich Prize for the best article published in 2019 has gone to Dr. Martina Saltamacchia for her study "A Button, an Egg, a Piece of Cheese: Gifts and Donations for the Cathedral of Milan" (pp. 617–644).

Up until mid-August, Dr. Joseph M. White graciously edited the journal while Dr. Nelson H. Minnich was on sabbatical. We are all grateful to him to taking on this difficult task. Mr. Thomas Deutsch functioned as his copy editor until the fall semester, when Mr. Jack Lake took on the responsibilities. Ms. Katya Mouris, who has skillfully served the journal over the years, primarily by assisting Msgr. Robert Trisco with the book reviews, is nearing completion of her doctoral program. In the spring semester we envision some changes in the staffing of the journal. We appreciate everyone's patience and understanding during this period of transition. The editor is most appreciative of their services and those provided by the associate editors Msgr. Robert Trisco and Dr. Jennifer Paxton and for the sage advice given by the advisory editors. The journal could not function without their continued dedicated services.