sylloge

noun /ˈsɪləd͡ʒi/

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

   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.

2. A summary or digest of such a collection.

   Another major development is the publication of sylloges. A sylloge presents images and descriptions of all the coins of a certain collection, subject to defined parameters of mint and time, and is usually organised by mint series.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sylloge (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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