It is one of the world's largest and most comprehensive compilations of 18th-century rare books, manuscripts and personal correspondence.
"What we are always trying to do is fill in gaps," said Lance Ledbetter of Dust to Digital, whose first project, a six-CD compilation of early 20th-century religious music called "Goodbye Babylon," was released 10 years ago Sunday.
Mr. Thompson is now working on a book-length compilation of early 19th-century newspaper articles, with crime news, a sports page, a travel page, a real estate page, restaurant reviews and similar features.
During the period from the Maccabee wars (168 164 bce) to the compilation of the Mishnah (early 3rd century ce), writers increasingly speculated about the afterlife, producing apocalypses that featured dramatic visionary journeys through heaven and hell.
The 14th century commentator on the 13th century compilation of laws/customs Sachsenspiegel, Johann von Buch, for example, states that the poena cullei is the appropriate punishment for parricides.
Although Jiao Yu did not provide the book's preface until the Nanyang publication of 1412, the book was published in the 14th century and was a compilation of material written since the late 13th century.
The Prose Edda, by Snorri Sturluson The 13th-century compilation of Norse mythology features the great Midgard serpent, Jörmungandr.
The spiritual world of the Estonians is known largely from their epic poem Kalevipoeg, a 19th-century compilation of an extensive body of surviving folk song and shamanic chant.
According to NPD's 24th annual compilation of studies, "Eating Patterns in America," released Thursday, 71percentt of 250 households with at least one teenager ate five dinners together a week, up from 65percentt in 2008.
The oldest compilation of earthquakes dates back to 9th century when 23 earthquakes were already listed.
