Henry Bradshaw Society
Founded | 1890 |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | London |
Distribution | Boydell & Brewer |
Publication types | Books |
Nonfiction topics | rare liturgical texts |
Official website | henrybradshawsociety |
The Henry Bradshaw Society is a British-based text publication society founded in 1890 for the scholarly editing and publication of rare liturgical texts.
Foundation
An initial meeting to plan the Henry Bradshaw Society took place in London on 3 July 1890, after which provisional subscriptions were solicited. The general meeting to inaugurate the Society took place on 25 November 1890 in the Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster Abbey. A committee was finalised and a programme of publications worked out.
One of the models for the society was the Durham-based Surtees Society, formed in 1834, which in turn received assistance from officers of the Bannatyne Club. The foundation of the new society was also linked, more by overlapping interests than organizational models, to the body then known as the St Paul's Ecclesiological Society. John Wickham Legg, who had played a significant role in the re-establishment of that society in 1879 after a decade or so of limbo, also became an important founding member of the Henry Bradshaw Society.
The Society was named after Henry Bradshaw (1831–1886), Librarian of the Cambridge University Library, who had been interested in early printing and in bibliographic description. This latter passion led to his becoming familiar with many European libraries, where he also became aware of holdings of early English liturgical manuscripts.
The promised subscribers including many Anglican bishops and other dignitaries, but also
Editions
By the end of the 19th century some 19 volumes had been issued, three of which contained an edition of the
Other early editions were of the coronation rites of King
Although the Society fell into something of a slump after the Second World War, it was revived with some vigour in the 1980s. The latest volume to be published, in 2019, is numbered 124.
Current officers
The Society's principal honorary officers currently include:
- President: Professor Henry Mayr-Harting
- Chairman of Council: Professor Susan Rankin
Bibliography
- Johnson, Cuthbert; Ward, Anthony (1987). "Some British Societies for the Publication of Studies and Ancient Texts". Ephemerides Liturgicae. 101: 229–245.
- Ward, Anthony (1992). The Publications of the Henry Bradshaw Society: an annotated bibliography with indexes. Bibliotheca Ephemerides Liturgicae: Subsidia. Vol. 67. Rome: CLV-Edizioni Liturgiche. ISBN 8885918697.
- Ward, Anthony (2001). "The Publications of the Henry Bradshaw Society: the Decade 1991-2000". Ephemerides Liturgicae. 115: 82–94.
- Ward, Anthony; Johnson, Cuthbert (1990). "The Henry Bradshaw Society: its birth and first decade, 1890-1900". Ephemerides Liturgicae. 104: 187–200.
External links
- Henry Bradshaw Society's website, where all volumes are listed.