Common Footnote Abbreviations (AP Language and Composition)

anon.

anonymous

bk.

book(s)

c., ca.

circa ('about'), used with approximate dates

cf. ante

confer anter (compare above)

cf. post

confer post (compare after)

cf.

confer (compare)

ch., chs.

chapter(s)

col., cols.

column(s)

comp., comps.

compiled by, compiler(s)

diss.

dissertation

ed., eds.

edited by, edition(s), editor(s)

et al.

et alia ('and others')

ibid.

ibidem ('in the same place')

illus.

illustrated by, illustrator, illustration(s)

infra

below

l., ll.

line(s)

loc. cit.

loco citato ('in the place cited'), used when several footnotes intervene between two citations not only to the same work, but also to the same place in that work.

ms., mss.

manuscript(s)

n. pag.

no pagination

n., nn.

note(s), as in p. 24, n. 2

n.d.

no date (of publication)

n.p.

no place (of publication), no publisher

no., nos.

number(s)

op. cit.

opere citato ('in the work cited'), used when several footnotes intervene between two citations to the same work, in the same chapter

p. pp.

page(s)

q.v.

quod vide ('which see')

rev.

revised, revision, revised by, review

rpt.

reprint, reprinted

sec.

section

supp., supps.

supplement(s)

supra

above

trans.

translator, translated by

univ., U

university

vid.

vide ('see')

viz

videlicet ('namely')

vol. vols.

volume(s)