In connection with the Meletians of Egypt (Haer., lxviii), he has preserved important fragments of contemporary Egyptian history of this movement.
The girls were of Melanesian stock, as were many folk in the Belt, and they did their best to preserve fragments of the historical culture they identified with.
Time is that which ends, thus we preserve fragments as a library service.
The lives preserve some curious short poems or fragments of verse attributed to Homer, the so-called Epigrams, which used to be printed at the end of editions of Homer.
But the Garber Facility has been charged with preserving even the graffiti and fragments of technical markings applied by flight and ground crews long ago.
The work preserves fragments of many authors and works who otherwise might be unknown today.
It was originally dedicated to Saint Martin and preserves fragments of wall paintings dating to around 1500.
There, in the 17th century, escaped slaves found sanctuary, and to this day their descendants have managed to preserve significant fragments of the African language and customs of that time.
Comparative methods can reveal, that some motifs of folktales, some fragments of songs or rhymes of folk customs preserved fragments of the old belief system.
The Doctrina preserves fragments from early dramatists, annalists, satirists, and antiquarian writers.