sylloge

Definition

A collection or compendium, especially of coins or antiquarian objects.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συλλογή (sullogḗ), from συλλέγω (sullégō, “collect”).

Example Sentences

• "Milred's Sylloge might have included some of the poems of the so-called Alcuiniana (A and B):⁶⁷ Milred himself might even have taken a copy of his sylloge to Germany, where Alcuin and other Carolingian poets later used it as a model."
• "Ciriaco's epigraphic collections on paper, known as sylloges, are his most famous contribution."
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