Antiquitates Manniae, or, A collection of memoirs on the antiquities of the Isle of Man / edited by J.G. Cumming.

Date:
1868
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Antiquitates Manniae, or, A collection of memoirs on the antiquities of the Isle of Man / edited by J.G. Cumming. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Coins and Seals also which have been j)resei-ved, deserve a more careful examination than has hitherto been besto\ved upon them. Hence, a Second volume of the Antiquities of the Island is under the consideration of the Council of the Manx Society, and may probably be expected at an early date. It is hoped that the present volume, with its ample and well-executed illustrations, may be the means of awakening a deeper interest in the Isle of Man, where the relics of the past have been guarded with a more religious veneration than has been accorded to them by the people of the surrounding British Isles. The isola- tion of the country has no doubt in some degree con- tributed to this result; but credit must also be given to the deep religious feehng of Manxmen, not alto- gether unalloyed with superstition, which has led them to abstain from the destruction of the monu- ments of the dead, and of the places where theii' fore- fathers worshipped. They reap their reward in the materials which they have thus preserved to the Anti- quary for elucidating their earlier history. Ihe Editor desires to acknowledge the deep obliga- tion under which he lies to the Kev. E. L. Barnwell and Dr. Oliver, for the assistance which they have afforded him in passing these sheets through the press.