A compendium should be written in a concise and structured way. The compendium should summarize a larger work, but at the same time keep the structuring details of the mentioned work.
Adrian Petit Coclico has written: 'Musical compendium = Compendium musices'
Jonathan Burr has written: 'A compendium of religion, in questions and answers' 'A compendium of English grammar' -- subject(s): Grammar, English language
Henry McNurtrie has written: 'A compendium of domestic medicine...'
Samuel Bullen has written: 'A new compendium of arithmetic'
Henry Marten has written: 'Library compendium 1981-2061'
Fantin Dandolo has written: 'Le Compendium Catholicae Fidei'
Andrew Constantinides Zenos has written: 'Compendium of church history'
John Lawless has written: 'A compendium of the history of Ireland' -- subject(s): History 'A compendium of the history of Ireland' -- subject(s): History 'Belfast politics' -- subject(s): Politics and government
Phyllis Moore has written: 'A Compendium of Skirts' -- subject(s): Protected DAISY
William A. Thayer has written: 'A compendium of geography' -- subject(s): Geography, Textbooks
Bentham Fabian has written: 'Australia: being a brief compendium of the geographical position' -- subject(s): Description and travel. 'Australia: being a brief compendium of the geographical position' -- subject(s): Description and travel.
A compendium is a collection, generally of written material. It might be a concise, complete summary of a large work (an abstract), or it might be a publication containing a collection of a number of short works.