FLORILEGIUM, FLORILEGE, a name given by the
Latins to what the Greeks call ανθολογία, anthology, a col-
lection of choice pieces, containing the finest and brightest
things of their kind.
FLORILEGE is also particularly used for a kind of breviary,
in the Eastern church, compiled by Arcadius, for the con-
venience of the Greek priests and monks. The florilegium
contains the general rubrics, psalter, canticles, the horolo-
gium, and the office of the feria.
FLORIN is sometimes used to signify a coin, and some-
times a money of account. Florin, as a coin, is of different
values, according to the different metals, and different coun-
tries where it is struck. See MONEY.