{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use British English|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox publisher | name = Scottish Text Society | image = | caption = | parent = | status = | traded_as = | predecessor = | founded = 1882 | founder = <!-- or | founders = --> | successor = | country = United Kingdom | headquarters = Edinburgh | distribution = Boydell & Brewer<ref>{{Cite web| title = Boydell & Brewer Publishers| accessdate = 2017-12-08| url = https://boydellandbrewer.com/}}</ref> | keypeople = | publications = Books | topics = Historic texts | genre = | imprints = | revenue = | owner = | numemployees = | website = {{URL|http://www.scottishtextsociety.org}} }} The '''Scottish Text Society''' ('''STS''') is a text publication society founded in 1882 to promote the study of Scottish literature.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100448995?rskey=jkLHy9&result=18| title=Scottish Text Society |publisher=Oxford Reference |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref> The Society publishes scholarly editions of important texts from the country's literary history, and has played a significant role in the revival of interest in the literature and languages of Scotland.
To date, the Society has published approximately 150 volumes, from the 14th to the 19th centuries, but with a focus on Middle Scots works of the 16th to 18th centuries. These editions include poetry, drama and prose works.
Professor Sally Mapstone Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews is Honorary President of the Society.<ref name="Mapstone">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14935091.new-principal-st-andrews-university-professor-sally-mapstone-targets-students-poor-backgrounds/| title=New principal of St Andrews University Professor Sally Mapstone targets more students from poor backgrounds | date=29 November 2016 |publisher=Herald Scotland |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
==Notable publications== * ''The Brus'', by John Barbour * ''The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace'', by Blind Hary * ''The Buke of the Law of Armys'', by Gilbert Hay * ''The Shorter Poems of Gavin Douglas'' * ''Virgil's'' Aeneid, ''Translated into Scottish Verse by Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld'' * The works of Alexander Montgomerie * ''History of the House of Angus'', by David Hume * ''The Complaynt of Scotland'' * ''The New Testament in Scots'', by Murdoch Nisbet.
In 2014, the Society launched a new publication of the original poem Buke of the Howlat.<ref name="Howlat">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/16898716.morna-young-bringing-ancient-scots-poem-buke-howlat-life/| title=Morna Young on bringing ancient Scots poem The Buke of the Howlat to life | date=25 September 2018 |publisher=Herald Scotland |access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>
==See also== * Scottish Gaelic Texts Society
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==External links== * [http://www.scottishtextsociety.org/ Official website] {{Authority control}} Category:Book publishing companies of Scotland Category:Medieval literature Category:1882 establishments in Scotland Category:Learned societies of Scotland Category:Organizations established in 1882 Category:Organisations based in Edinburgh Category:Scots-language works Category:Scots-language mass media Category:Text publication societies Category:History of literature in Scotland
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