:
Compendium Grammaticus Lingua Hebraeae, 1677, pages 40-41. A
field guide is a compendium of species found within a geographic area, or within a taxon of natural occurrence such as animals, plants, rocks and minerals, or stars.
Bestiaries were medieval compendiums that catalogued animals and facts about natural history, and were particularly popular in England and France around the 12th century. A
cookbook is a compendium of recipes within a given food culture. An example would be the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, a concise 598-question-and-answer book which summarises the teachings of the Catholic Church. Most nations have compendiums or compilations of law meant to be comprehensive for use by their judiciary. For example, the
613 commandments, or the
United States Code. The
collected works of Aristotle is a compendium of
natural philosophy,
metaphysics, language arts, and social science. The single volume
Propædia is
Encyclopædia Britannica's compendium of the many volumes of its
Macropaedia. The
Bible is a group of many writings of the law, prophets, and writings of the Hebrew Bible held to be comprehensive and complete within
Judaism and called the
Old Testament by
Christianity. Some well known literary figures have written their own compendium. An example would be
Alexandre Dumas, author of
The Three Musketeers, and a
gourmand. His compendium on food titled
From Absinthe to Zest serves as an alphabet for food lovers. ==See also==