List of Manuscript & Printed Sources and of abbreviated references to them.

 

A.— MANUSCRIPTS.

Dioc. COMM. BOOK . . . Diocesan Commission Book.
Dioc. REG. . . . . . . Diocesan Registry.
HIGH. Acc. . . . . . . Highway Accounts.
LIB. EPISC. ... . .. Book of the Bishops, 1580.
LIB. MON. . . . . . . Book of the Monasteries, 1579.
N.S.S. ... ... North Side Sales (Reg. Deeds).
REG. DEEDS . . . . . . Registry of Deeds.
S.S.s. ... ... South Side Sales (Reg. Deeds).

 

B.— PRINTED SOURCES.

ANT. Soc. .. . ‘Proceedings of the I.O.M. Nat. History & Antiquarian Society.
BLUNDELL ... Blundell’s ‘History of the I.O.M.’ 1648.
BROWN’S DIR. . . . ‘Brown’s Directory,’ (1882 edit.)
CHRON. MANN. ‘Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum.’ (‘The Chronicle of Man and the Isles’).
CLEAS. cS- VIGF. Cleasby and Vigfusson’s ‘Icelandic Dictionary.’
COMP. ABB. DEM. Computus of Abbey Demesnes.
C. DICT. . . . Cregeen’s ‘Manx Dictionary,’ 1835.
DURHAM ... Durham’s Map of the I.O.M., 1595.
FURN. ABB. Ray. Furness Abbey Certificate of Revenue.
K. DICT. ,. . Kelly’s ‘Dictionary,’ (Mx. Soc edit.)
MAN. Roll ... Manorial Roll.
Manx Soc. . . . Manx Society (now defunct) volume.
Mx. NAMES . . . Moore’s ‘Manx Names ‘ 1906.
Mx. N. & Q. ... ‘Manx Notes & Queries,’ Broadbent & Co., Douglas, 1904.
Mx. STAT. . . . ‘Manx Statutes,’ (Mills) c. 1832.
O.S.M .. . Ordinance[sic Ordnance] Survey Map.
PAT. ROLLS ... Patent Rolls,
RUSH. ABB. COMP. Rushen Abbey Computus, 1539.
WOOD . . . ‘Wood’s Atlas,’ 1867.

C.—LIST OF OTHER ABBREVIATIONS.

 

AB. D

Abbey Demesnes

AB. F.

Abbey Farm.

AB. L.

Abbey Lands.

Art.

Article.

c.

circa (about).

Eng.

English.

Fern.

Feminine.

Fr.

French.

G. or Gael.

Gaelic.

Gen.

Genitive.

Ger.

German.

Hyb.

Hybrid, mixed.

idem.

The same.

i.e.

itt est (that is).

Ir.

Irish.

Lancs.

Lancashire.

Lat.

Latin.

Loc.

Local, colloquial

Mas

Masculine.

Mx.

Literary Manx.

Neut.

Neuter.

Nom.

Nominative.

Norm

Norman.

N.S.

New Style Calendar (from 1753)

O.E.

Old English.

ON.

Old Norse.

O.S

Old Style Calendar (before 1753)

ORD. SUR.

Ordnance Survey.

Pers.

Personal.

Plur.

Plural.

Pron.

Pronoun.

q.v.

quod vire (which see).

S.or Scand.

Scandinavian.

Sc. G.

Scottish Gaelic.

Trans.

Translation.

v..

vide (see)


 

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