A handbook is a small manual, reference work, or other collection of instructions, intended to provide ready reference. A vade mecum or pocket reference is intended to be carried at all times. Look up manual in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A reference work is a compendium of information, usually of a specific type, compiled for ease of reference. ...

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• Vademecum in opus Saxonis et alia opera Danica compendium ex indice verborum - a Medieval Latin dictionary