collectanea

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I should not be much surprised if the MS. of Dr. P. Brown existed in some of the collectanea in the Library of Trin.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The Lives of Pericles and Themistocles, for instance, are little more than mere collectanea from sources widely discrepant, and often quite worthless.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)

Lacinius, Janus, Praeciosa ac nobilissima artis chymiae collectanea.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely

The completed portions pertain mainly to the first two acts; for the rest we have an immense mass of schemes, arguments, excerpts and collectanea.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin

Non est Ramundi Lullii, sed collectanea diversa ex Paracelso.

From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John