In Breda, Descartes was encouraged in his studies of science and mathematics by the physicist Isaac Beeckman (1588 1637), for whom he wrote the Compendium of Music (written 1618, published 1650), his first surviving work.
ABB wrote the compendium both to convince the readers about his ideas and to advise like-minded individuals in how to help his causes.
Indeed Llewelyn Davies (as the firm was still known until recently) wrote the Urban Design Compendium, the government's official guide to town planning.
The novelist John Fowles wrote the accompanying text for this compendium of shipwreck photographs by the Gibson family of photographers.
After the war, he wrote A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion – a complete record of every regiment formed under the Union Army, their histories, and the battles they fought in – taking forty years to compile.
If Len gets stuck for a job when he leaves Strictly, he can always write a compendium of euphemisms.
However, he would have preferred to have a written compendium outlining the themes discussed in the study circle.
-For those of you gentle folk who hate my guts and want me to die for daring to write a weekly compendium of racist news stories, you may get your wish sooner than you think.
24 It can be argued that to be able to perform useful self-care activities, a person has to possess the relevant knowledge, 40 which Ben was probably aware of when suggesting a written compendium containing the nutritional themes discussed.
In the fourth century, Vasubandhu undertook a comprehensive survey of the Sarvāstivāda School's thought, and wrote a compendium, Treasury of Knowledge, (Abhidharmakośakārikā AbhiDK; Mngon pa ku 1b 25a) with his own Commentary on the Treasury of Knowledge (Abhidharmakośabhāṣya AbhiDKB, Mngon pa ku 26b 258a).
