The abridgment itself, based upon a Latin translation of the treatise by Hermann of Dalmatia (from 1140-43), was made in the second part of the twelfth century by Georgius Zothorus Zaparus Fendulus.

Is Stockhausen’s “Licht” cycle impossible to stage? A 15-hour abridgment in Amsterdam comes close. By Joshua Barone AMSTERDAM — The “Helicopter String Quartet,” which is exactly what ...

“Adultery” apparently comes from the same root as “adulterate.” A married woman who has sex with someone other than her husband risks getting pregnant and giving birth to a child who is ...

THE first abridgment of the full universal decimal classification, in English has been published by the British Standends Institution as B.S. 1000 A. : 1948. It consists of 128 pages and costs 25s.