"Deltiology Deltiology (from Greek , ""deltion"", diminutive of , ""deltos"", ""writing tablet, letter""; and , ""-logia"") is the study and collection of postcards. Professor Randall Rhoades of Ashland, Ohio, coined a word in 1945 that became the accepted description of the study of picture postcards. It initially took about 20 years for the name to appear in a dictionary. Compared to philately, the identification of a postcard's place and time of production can often be an impossible task because postcards, unlike stamps, are produced in a decentralised, unregulated manner. For this reason, some collectors choose to limit their acquisitions to"
"Sumerian and Babylonian materials, including literary texts; history; omens; astronomical calculations; mathematical tables; grammatical and linguistic tables; dictionaries; and commercial records and laws. All of these tablets were cataloged and arranged in logical order by subject or type, each having an identification tag. The Great Library of Alexandria, created by Ptolemy I after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, was created to house the entirety of Greek literature. It was notable for its famous librarians: Demetrius, Zenodotus, Eratosthenes, Apollonius, Aristophanes, Aristarchus, and Callimachus. These scholars contributed significantly to the collection and cataloging of the wide variety of"
"societies, libraries and genealogical societies because of their importance in research such as how a city looked at a particular time in history as well as social history. Many elementary schools use postcards to teach children geography. Postcard pen pal programs have been established to help children in language arts. Deltiologists, as postcard collectors are called, collect for a variety of reasons. Some are attracted to the postcards themselves, then narrow down their interests. Others are interested in something in particular, such as ballet, then decide to collect ballet-related postcards as a way to augment their interest in ballet. One"
"of wood from each of the continents (excluding Antarctica). Xylotheque A xylotheque or xylothek (from the Greek ""xylon"" for ""wood"" and ""theque"" meaning ""repository"") is special form of herbarium that consists of a collection of authenticated wood specimens. It is also known as a xylarium (from the Greek ""xylon"" for ""wood"" and Latin ""arium"" meaning ""separate place""). Traditionally, xylotheque specimens were in the form of book-shaped volumes, each made of a particular kind of wood and holding samples of the different parts of the corresponding plant. While the terms are often used interchangeably, some use ""xylotheque"" to refer to these"
"Xylotheque A xylotheque or xylothek (from the Greek ""xylon"" for ""wood"" and ""theque"" meaning ""repository"") is special form of herbarium that consists of a collection of authenticated wood specimens. It is also known as a xylarium (from the Greek ""xylon"" for ""wood"" and Latin ""arium"" meaning ""separate place""). Traditionally, xylotheque specimens were in the form of book-shaped volumes, each made of a particular kind of wood and holding samples of the different parts of the corresponding plant. While the terms are often used interchangeably, some use ""xylotheque"" to refer to these older collections of wooden 'books' and ""xylarium"" for modern"
"works; his attention was chiefly directed to prose works, indicative of his pragmatism. Photius made selections or excerpts from all the works he discovered, forming the beginning of his celebrated ""Bibliotheca"" (""Library""), which while dry and schematic remains the most valuable literary compendium of the Middle Ages, containing trustworthy summaries of many ancient works now lost, together with good characterizations and analyses such as those of Lucian and Heliodorus. This encyclopedic activity was more assiduously pursued in the 10th century, particularly in the systematic collecting of materials associated with Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Scholars also formed great compilations, arranged by"
"may also display a silver sheen in the darker areas when viewed at an angle due to the silver used in the early photographic process. Collectors may find PPCs at home in boxes, attics, or scrapbooks, generate their own on trips and vacations, and acquire them from stores, flea markets, purchasing on the Internet, or other collectors. A number of artists have become recognized for the creation of postcards and certain publishers specialize in the production and printing of PPCs. Worldwide, deltiology is the third largest collecting hobby after stamp collecting and coin/banknote collecting. Postcard clubs may be found in"
"Doxography Doxography ( - ""an opinion"", ""a point of view"" + - ""to write"", ""to describe"") is a term used especially for the works of classical historians, describing the points of view of past philosophers and scientists. The term was coined by the German classical scholar Hermann Alexander Diels. A great many philosophical works have been lost; our limited knowledge of such lost works comes chiefly through the doxographical works of later philosophers, commentators, and biographers. Philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle also act as doxographers, as their comments on the ideas of their predecessors indirectly tell us what their"
"of Planudes. The following collections are part of ""Syllogae minores"" (the abbreviation Syll. is used for the word Sylloge – from the Greek word Συλλογή which means collection): Syllogae minores Syllogae minores (i.e. ""minor collections"") is a term used in literature to describe small collections of Greek epigrams, which are part of the so-called ""Greek Anthology"", the collection of Greek epigrams. The term ""Syllogae"" comes from the Greek word ""Συλλογαί"" (collections), while the term ""minores"" (minor) is used to distinguish them from the large and important collections of ""Palatine Anthology"" and the ""Anthology of Planudes"". Some of these collections are"
"Apellicon of Teos Apellicon (; died c. 84 BC), a wealthy man from Teos, afterwards an Athenian citizen, was a famous book collector of the 1st century BC. He not only spent large sums in the acquisition of his library, but stole original documents from the archives of Athens and other cities of Greece. Being detected, he fled in order to escape punishment, but returned when Athenion (or Aristion), a bitter opponent of the Romans, had made himself tyrant of the city with the aid of Mithradates. Athenion sent him with some troops to Delos, to plunder the treasures of"
"Cetology Cetology (from Greek , ""kētos"", ""whale""; and , ""-logia"") or Whalelore is the branch of marine mammal science that studies the approximately eighty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoise in the scientific order Cetacea. Cetologists, or those who practice cetology, seek to understand and explain cetacean evolution, distribution, morphology, behavior, community dynamics, and other topics. Observations about Cetacea have been recorded since at least classical times. Ancient Greek fishermen created an artificial notch on the dorsal fin of dolphins entangled in nets so that they could tell them apart years later. Approximately 2,300 years ago, Aristotle carefully took notes"
"Garden. Bryology Bryology (from Greek , a moss, a liverwort) is the branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). Bryologists are people who have an active interest in observing, recording, classifying or researching bryophytes. The field is often studied along with lichenology due to the similar appearance and ecological niche of the two organisms, even though bryophytes and lichens are not classified in the same kingdom. Bryophytes were first studied in detail in the 18th century. The German botanist Johann Jacob Dillenius (1687–1747) was a professor at Oxford and in 1717 produced the"
"Bryology Bryology (from Greek , a moss, a liverwort) is the branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). Bryologists are people who have an active interest in observing, recording, classifying or researching bryophytes. The field is often studied along with lichenology due to the similar appearance and ecological niche of the two organisms, even though bryophytes and lichens are not classified in the same kingdom. Bryophytes were first studied in detail in the 18th century. The German botanist Johann Jacob Dillenius (1687–1747) was a professor at Oxford and in 1717 produced the work"
"Aetius (philosopher) Aetius (; ) was a 1st- or 2nd-century AD doxographer and Eclectic philosopher. None of Aetius' works survive today, but he solves a mystery about two major compilations of philosophical quotes. There are two extant books named ""De Placita Philosophorum"" (Περὶ τῶν ἀρεσκόντων φιλοσόφοις φυσικῶν δογμάτων, ""Opinions of the Philosophers"") and ""Eclogae Physicae"" (Ἐκλογαὶ φυσικαὶ καὶ ἠθικαί, ""Physical and Moral Extracts""). The first of these is Pseudo-Plutarch and the second is by Stobaeus. They are clearly both abridgements of a larger work. Hermann Diels, in his great ""Doxographi Graeci"" (1879), discovered that the 5th-century theologician Theodoret had full"
"Latin ""adfertor"", i. e. ""he who carries something to somewhere"", clearly referring to a role in the ceremonies, holder of the ""pirca arsmatia"", ceremonial rod). Other mentioned offices include the ""fratrecs"" interpreted as ""curator arcae"", the ""cvestor"" and the ""prinovatus"", probably agrimensors, attendants of the person who takes the auspices. An ""ohtor"" (""auctor"") is mentioned in T. III and IV: the term denotes the person responsible for the ceremony. The tablets record different sets of rites held on different festive occasions: the main and recorded in greatest detail one is the annual lustration of the citadel (""ocre"", Latin ""arx"") of"
"in translating Arabic texts and studying Arab held libraries, including several key ancient Greek and Roman texts that were only available in Arabic. Some of these scholars included Adelard of Bath (p. 26) who was a Western scholar responsible for translating Al-Khwarizmi’s texts on astronomy and Euclid’s ""Elements"" from Arabic into Latin. She details the lives of several of these key scholars including Petrus Alfonsi, a Christian converted ex-Jew living in Muslim Spain and author of the seminal text ""Disciplina Clericalis"", which, according to Metlitzki was the first collection of Oriental tales composed in the West for Westerners (p. 16)."
"De Materia Medica De Materia Medica (Latin name for the Greek work Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς, Peri hulēs iatrikēs, both meaning ""On Medical Material"") is a pharmacopoeia of medicinal plants and the medicines that can be obtained from them. The five-volume work was written between 50 and 70 CE by Pedanius Dioscorides, a Greek physician in the Roman army. It was widely read for more than 1,500 years until supplanted by revised herbals in the Renaissance, making it one of the longest-lasting of all natural history books. The work describes many drugs known to be effective, including aconite, aloes, colocynth, colchicum,"
"from official registers (probably belonging to the 5th century) of colonial and other land surveys, lists and descriptions of boundary stones, and extracts from the ""Theodosian Codex"". According to Mommsen, the collection had its origin during the 5th century in the office of a vicarius (diocesan governor) of Rome, who had a number of surveyors under him. The surveyors were known by various names: ""decempedator"" (with reference to the instrument used); ""finitor"", ""metator"" or ""mensor castrorum"" in republican times; ""togati Augustorum"" as imperial civil officials; professor, ""auctor"" as professional instructors. The best edition of the ""Gromatici"" is by Karl Lachmann"
"Notaphily Notaphily is the study and collection of paper currency, and banknotes. A notaphilist is a collector of banknotes or paper money, particularly as a hobby. It is believed that people have been collecting paper money for as long as it has been in use. While people began collecting paper currency more systematically in the 1940s, the turning point occurred in the 1970s when notaphily was established as a separate area by collectors. The term was devised in this decade by a group of employees working for the collectors and investments firm Stanley Gibbons, in a successful attempt to formalise"
"its origins, he became interested in manuscripts of the late antiquity and the early Middle Ages and especially the best represented writing, the Uncial script and the palimpsests. Under the influence of one of his listeners, Paul Legendre, he devoted considerable research to the use of Tironian notes. The archaeologist and epigrapher Louis Chatelain was his son. His work includes two masterly series of facsimiles: Émile Chatelain Émile Chatelain (25 November 1851 – 26 November 1933) was a French Latinist and palaeographer. A member of the École française de Rome (1876–1877), collaborator of Henri Denifle for the ""Chartularium"", curator of"
"a collection of excerpts from Galen and the ""Medical Collections"" (Ἰατρικαὶ Συναγωγαί, ""Iatrikai Synagogai""; Latin: ""Collectiones medicae"", a massive compilation of excerpts from other medical writers of the ancient world. The first of these works is entirely lost, and only 25 of the 70 (or 72) books of the ""Collectiones"" survive. This work preserves a number of excerpts from older writers whose writings have otherwise been lost, and has thus been valuable to modern scholars. The earliest known description of a string figure, presented as the surgical sling ""Plinthios Brokhos"" by Greek physician Heraklas, is among the preserved material. Hagiography"
"Delator Delator (plural Delatores) is Latin for a denouncer, i.e. who indicates to a court another as having committed a punishable deed. In Roman history, properly one who gave notice (""deferre"") to the treasury officials of monies that had become due to the imperial fisc. This special meaning was extended to those who lodged information as to punishable offences, and further, to those who brought a public accusation (whether true or not) against any person (especially with the object of getting money). Although the word ""delator"" itself, for ""common informer,"" is confined to imperial times, the right of public accusation"
"Florilegium In medieval Latin a (plural ) was a compilation of excerpts from other writings. The word is from the Latin """" (flower) and """" (to gather): literally a gathering of flowers, or collection of fine extracts from the body of a larger work. It was adapted from the Greek ""anthologia"" (ἀνθολογία) ""anthology"", with the same etymological meaning. Medieval ' were systematic collections of extracts taken mainly from the writings of the Church Fathers from early Christian authors, also pagan philosophers such as Aristotle, and sometimes classical writings. A prime example is the ' of Thomas of Ireland, which was"
"Codicology Codicology (from Latin , genitive , ""notebook, book""; and Greek , ""-logia"") is the study of codices or manuscript books written on parchment (or paper) as physical objects. It is often referred to as 'the archaeology of the book', concerning itself with the materials (parchment, sometimes referred to as membrane or vellum, paper, pigments, inks and so on), and techniques used to make books, including their binding. There are no clear-cut definitions: some codicologists say that their field encompasses palaeography, the study of handwriting, while some palaeographers say that their field encompasses codicology. The study of written features such"
"The papers were then stored in the library. Their authors, analysts, contributors, whether or not they were emended, or corrected, and by whom, remain unknown for certain. Diogenes Laertius called these ""notebooks"" (hypomnemata) and said that Aristotle wrote ""an unusual number."" According to Strabo, Neleus, son of Coriscus, a friend at the Lyceum, ""inherited the library (bibliotheke) of Theophrastus, which included that of Aristotle."" Theophrastus received Aristotle's library by being bequeathed it along with the school. Theophrastus was the first book collector, as far as Strabo knew. Apparently, the elders owned their own libraries and could dispose of them as"
"Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca The Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca is a catalogue of Greek hagiographic materials, including ancient literary works on the saints' lives, the translations of their relics, and their miracles, arranged alphabetically by saint. It is usually abbreviated as BHG in scholarly literature. The listings include MSS, incipits, and printed editions. The first two editions (1895, 1909) were edited by the Bollandists, which included the Jesuit scholar Hippolyte Delehaye. The most recent editions have been the product of a single editor François Halkin. The ""BHG"" along with the ""Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina"" and ""Bibliotheca Hagiographica Orientalis"" are the most useful tools"
"Book is clearly the work of a practising metalworker. It has recently been suggested that the apparent contradictory evidence as to dating, practical experience, and location of 'Theophilus' is best explained if the ""Schedula"" is understood to be a compilation. Two editions of Theophilus's work with English translations: A good English translation: Reference in English: The following references are in German: Theophilus Presbyter Theophilus Presbyter (fl. c. 1070–1125) is the pseudonymous author or compiler of a Latin text containing detailed descriptions of various medieval arts, a text commonly known as the ""Schedula diversarum artium"" (""List of various arts"") or ""De"
"Alectryomancy Alectryomancy (also called alectoromancy or alectromancy; derivation comes from the Greek words ἀλεκτρυών ""alectryon"" and μαντεία ""manteia"", which mean rooster and divination, respectively) is a form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird, several birds, or most preferably a white rooster or cockerel pecking at grain (such as wheat) that the diviner has scattered on the ground. It was the responsibility of the pullularius to feed and keep the birds used. The observer may place grain in the shape of letters and thus discern a divinatory revelation by noting which letters the birds peck at, or the"
"Among his other works are his ""Dictionarius"", a Latin vocabulary, the title of which is the origin of the word ""dictionary"" in English and several other languages; ""Compendium totius grammatices"" printed at Deventer in 1489; and two metrical treatises, entitled ""Synonyma"" and ""Equivoca"", frequently printed at the close of the 15th century. A treatise on alchemy, ""Compendium alchimiae"", often printed under his name, was by a 14th-century writer named Ortolanus (Martin Ortolan, or Lortholain). The 11th century writings on computus by Garlandus have occasionally been attributed to Johannes de Garlandia. John of Garland Johannes de Garlandia or John of Garland"
"do not provide a grammarian's gloss. Mythographus Homericus Mythographus Homericus, the ""Homeric Mythographer"", is the unknown writer of a text of tales collected from Greek mythology that are transmitted in two manuscript traditions. In one, they are found among those ""scholia"" on the works of Homer transmitted in Byzantine manuscripts as the so-called ""D-scholia"". In the other, recently recovered manuscript tradition, a 3rd-century CE papyrus, conserved at Berlin, of the source or one based on it has provided a parallel text, confirming the text offered by Mythographus Homericus. There are several fragmentary papyri, four of them from Oxyrhynchus, providing additional"
"the cabinet of prints in the royal library, though it was only constituted as a department in 1720. Michel de Marolles Michel de Marolles (22 July 1600, Genillé - 6 March 1681, Paris), known as the abbé de Marolles, was a French churchman and translator, known for his collection of old master prints. He became a monk in 1610 and later was abbot of Villeloin (1626–1674). He was the author of many translations of Latin poets and was part of many salons, notably that of Madeleine de Scudéry. He is best known for having collected 123,000 prints (bought from him"
"that exists, and contains the titles of several treatises now lost, but excludes several that now form part of the Hippocratic Corpus. The rest of the work consists of a glossary, in which the words are at present arranged in a partially alphabetical manner, though it appears that this mode of arrangement is not that which was adopted by the author himself. Erotianus Erotianus (, also Herodianus, ; 1st century AD) was the author of an extant Greek work titled ""Collection of Hippocratic words"" (). It is uncertain whether he was himself a physician or merely a grammarian, but he"
"Scripophily Scripophily is the study and collection of stock and bond certificates. A specialized field of numismatics, scripophily is an area of collecting due to both the inherent beauty of some historical documents as well as the interesting historical context of each document. Some stock certificates are excellent examples of engraving. Occasionally, an old stock certificate will be found that still has value as a stock in a successor company. Scripophily, the collecting of old stocks and bonds, gained recognition as a hobby around 1970. The word ""scripophily"" was coined by combining words from English and Greek. The word ""scrip"""