florilegium n : an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. [syn: garland, miscellany] [also: florilegia (pl)]

English

Noun

1. A collection of flowers
2. An anthology

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Florilegium (plural Florilegia) is a Latin word for a collection of 'flowers' (excellent excerpts), from the corpus of a considerably larger oeuvre. It was adapted from the Greek anthologia or anthology, with the same etymological meaning.

The word applies especially to:

• a classical music ensemble Florilegium
• a patristic anthology in Christian literature
• the title of various literary anthologies, e.g. by Johannes Stobaeus
• the title of certain collections of musical compositions, e.g. by Georg Muffat