The Manx Society for the Publication of National Documents, or simply the Manx Society, was a
text publication society
A text publication society is a learned society which publishes (either as its sole function, or as a principal function) scholarly editions of old works of historical or literary interest, or archival documents. In addition to full texts, a text p ...
founded in February 1858 with the objective of publishing reprints of historical documents relating to the
Isle of Man
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, its people, and culture. Over its lifetime the society published 33 volumes of documents, the last appearing in 1893. Its publications included an English-
Manx dictionary based on the surviving manuscript of
John Kelly,
books on the laws and currency of the island, reprints of accounts of visits to the island, the ''
Book of Common Prayer
The ''Book of Common Prayer'' (BCP) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism. The original book, published in 1549 in the reign ...
'' in Manx, and a translation of the ''
Chronicles of Mann
The ''Chronicles of the Kings of Mann and the Isles''
– British Library
''.
See also
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William Harrison (antiquary)
William Harrison (1802–1884) was an English antiquary. He helped establish the Manx Society in 1858; and wrote for that society a number of antiquarian works relating to the Isle of Man, beginning with ''Bibliotheca Monensis'' in 1861.
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References
External links
Manx Society details from A Manx Note Book website
Royal Historical Society: full list of Manx Society publications
Manx culture
History of the Isle of Man
Text publication societies
Defunct learned societies of the United Kingdom
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