It occurred to me that I had never actually seen Oribasius read or write anything--in fact, I had often wondered if he was illiterate, and his talk of compiling a vast medical encyclopedia merely a sham.

His menus draw from the vast encyclopedia of Italian cuisine, which he reinvents, making the old new again.

Isidore's vast encyclopedia systematizing ancient learning includes subjects from theology to furniture and provided a rich source of classical lore and learning for medieval writers.

If a particular nugget of information cannot be found, anywhere, it usually is in this vast encyclopedia.

There is a commercial critical mass for almost every bibliophilic interest, so that touring these bookstores is like walking through a vast encyclopedia of human thought.

It proclaimed the creators of this vast encyclopedia to be usurpers of spiritual power, and urged a return to the Biblical laws in their unadulterated simplicity.

We are talking about a heritage, an incredible, vast encyclopedia of choreography and dancing.

The Reply arrives, containing a vast encyclopedia of Capellan knowledge and art.

He coordinated the writing of the Romanian Technical Lexicon, a vast multilingual technical encyclopedia.

He personally sponsored the writing of the Ming Official History, the Kangxi Dictionary, a phrase-dictionary, a vast encyclopedia and an even vaster compilation of Chinese literature.