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Classification System

Warburg Institute Library Research Guide to the Classification System

Western Religions - Classmark B

 

    Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
BFD - General   1-6  
BFF - Religion and Science   6-8  
240- Prayer and Penance      
340- Death and Afterlife      
BFR - Interpretation   8-9  
BFA - Philosophy of Religion   9-12  
455- Mysticism      
1000- Sociology of Religion      
BFC - Rites & Cults   12-17  
125- Sacrifice      
165- Kingship      
240- General Mythology      
600- Symbolism      
1045- Names      
Teutonic & Slavonic Religion      
BEF General   17-18  
BEE - Heroic Legends   18-19  
150- Fairy Tales      
Greco-Roman Religion BK      
BKF - Greek Religion   19-21  
120- Rites    
350- Myths of the Gods      
588- Heroic Myths & Legends      
BKB - Mystery Religions   21-23  
200- Eleusis      
275- Cult of Dionysos      
342- Orphism      
422- Cabiri      
425- Soul. Death. Immortality      
BKG - Etruscan and Roman Religion   23-25  
50- Etruscan Religion      
95- Roman Religion      
300- Celtic Religion      
600- Hermetica      
750- Egypto– Hellenistic Religion      
900- Syro– Hellenistic Religion      
1150- Hellenistic Religion in Asia Minor      
1180- Perso– Hellenistic Religion      

 

Christianity-Texts 3rd Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
BCH - Concordances. Dictionaries   25-54  
25- Bible      
310- Old Testament      
455- Old Testament: Apocrypha      
555- New Testament      
810- New Testament: Apocrypha      
1025- Commentaries. Harmonies      
1155- Heresy: Gnosticism      
1285-1300 Manichaeism      
1400- Mandaeism      
1465- Early Church History      
1500- History of Liturgy      
1850- History of Dogma      
2005- Canon Law      
2140- Councils      
2315- Eastern Church      
2500- Papacy      
3005- Western Church (by country)      
3405- Crusades      
3620- Martyrs, Saints, Relics (general)      
3775- Saints (alphabetically)      
4000- Monasticism      
4025- Eastern      
4160- Western      
4175- Rules      
4230- Benedictines      
4335– Inclusi, Camaldoli, Vallombrosa      
4345- Carthusians      
4355- Cistercians      
4370- Praemonstratensians, Augustinians      
4380- Military Orders      
4470- Franciscans      
4625- Dominicans      
4700- Preaching      
5000- Authors      
5025- Ante– Nicene Library      
5035- Other Collections      
5040- Poetae Minores      
5050- Individual authors(chronologically)      
5060- Ignatius      
5115- Justin      
5145- Melito of Sardis      
5175- Irenaeus      
5185- Clement of Alexandria      
5200- Tertullian      
5230- Origen      
5255- Cyprian      
5265- Commodianus      
5325- Eusebius of Caesarea      
5400- Ephraem Syrus      
5450- Hilary of Poitiers      
5520- Basil the Great      
5610- Ambrose      
5750- John Chrysostom      
5795- Jerome      
5829- Prudentius      
5850- Paolinus of Nola      
5870- Augustine      
6070- Cyril of Alexandria      
6100 Socrates Scholasticus      
6210- Leo the Great      
6330- Jacob of Sarug      
6465-6618 Gregory the Great      
6619- Bede      
6800 Anastasius Bibliothecarius      
6990 Rupert of Deutz      
7030 Arnulf of Lisieux      
7170 Bar Hebraeus      

 

Christianity-Studies 3rd Floor Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
BCF - Bibliographies   54-57  
3- Encyclopedias      
6- General      
BCG - Christianity, Judaism, Paganism   57-60  
75- Miraculous Birth      
85- Emperor as World Saviour      
120- Mystery Religions & Christianity      
150- Hellenism & Christianity      
245- Orient & Christianity      
300- Judaism & Christianity      
BCD - New Testament   60-67  
48 Anchor Bible, NT      
115- Typology      
120- Exegesis, Bible, OT      
190- Exegesis, Bible, NT      
260- Late Antique Exegesis      
300–320 Medieval Exegesis      
350– Post-Medieval Exegesis      
420– Printed Bibles      
430– Translations of the Bible      
530– Modern Exegesis, N.T.      
748- Apocrypha      
800- Life of Christ      
865- Apostles      
BCL - Gnosticism & Manichaeism   68-69  
From 85-      
BCC - Early Christianity   69-73  
350- General Councils      
400- Spread of Christianity      
425- Decline of Paganism      
475- Constantine      
485- Nicaea. Chalcedon      
BCK Eastern Church   73-75  
60- Eastern Christianity      
BCE Christian Literature   75-83  
BCB Church History. Middle Ages   83-93  
590- Crusades      
750-840 Individual Countries      
1185- Papacy      
BCI Canon Law & Inquisition   93-96  
BCA History of Dogma   96-112  
142- Sacraments      
325- History of Liturgy      
800- Liturgical Accessories      
1200- Liturgical Costume    
1250- Church Festivals      
1450- Moral Theology      
1515-1729 Martyrs, Saints & Relics      
1730- Martyrs, Saints & Relics continued      
2000- Pilgrimage      
BCP Monasticism   112-124  
200- English & Irish      
235- Benedictines      
270- Cistercians      
420- Military Orders      
460- Franciscans      
490- Dominicans      
535- Carmelites      
700- Preaching      

 

Christianity since the Reformation - Sources   Bay Locations Large Size Bay Locations
BMH Sources, Protestantism   124-133  
500- Luther      
530- Melanchthon      
575- Zwingli      
590- Calvin      
600- Other Reformers      
1000- Pamphlets & Lampoons      
1010- Historical Texts      
1210- France      
1250- England      
4050- Germany      
5005- Catholic Church. General      
5015- Authors      
5510- Council of Trent      
5600- Jesuits      
5725- Teatines      
5760- Oratorians      
5790- Piarists      
5800- Jansenists      
5990- Trappists      
6000- Wars of Religion      
6670- Italy      
7000- Spain      
7500- France      
8200- Low Countries      
8500- British Isles      
8600- Germany      
9000- Eastern Europe      
9500- Africa      
9700- Church Reform      
Christianity Since the Reformation-Studies      
BMI Early Reformation Period   133-134  
BMA 1- Causes & Antecedents of the Reformation   134-135  
75- Cultural Aspects of the Reformation      
450- Reformation & Art      
BMF General   135-137  
BME Luther   135-137  
25- Bibliography      
50- Biography      
100- Youth      
110- Reforming Period      
125- Marriage, Death and Descendants      
150- Influence      
240- Theology      
270- Ethics      
290- Eucharist      
300- Liturgical Reform      
405- Humanism      
550- Luther & German Language      
800- Luther & the State      
BMN-Melanchthon   139-146  
100- Swiss Reformers      
190- Luther's Friends & Collaborators      
550– Spread of Reformation in Europe      
1150- Luther's Opponents      
1500- Protestant Dogma      
1750- Post– Reformation Religious Literature      
BMM Political History of the Reformation Period    
BML Counter Reformation   147-151  
1510- Jesuits      
2300- Jansenists      
BMB 1- Theology since the Reformation   151-153  
1- Catholic      
640- Protestant