Blegen Classification System

A

General works. Museums and research institutions. History of scholarship

AM

Museums. Collectors and collecting

AS

Academies and learned societies (Publications from and about)

AZ

History of scholarship and learning. The humanities

B

Philosophy and religion

B-BJ

Philosophy and psychology (including magic)

BL

Ancient religion (except Judaism and Christianity)

BM

Judaism

BR

Christianity

BS

The Bible

BT-BV

Theology

BX

Christian denominations

C

Disciplines related to the study of the past (except History)

CB

History of civilization and cultural evolution

CC

Archaeology

CD

Seals and sealing

CE

Chronology

CJ

Numismatics

CN

Epigraphy [monographs + periodicals]

CS

Prosopography and genealogy

D

History (except History of the Americas)

D

History (General). History and theory of historiography

DA

History of Great Britain

DB

History of Austria and former Austro-Hungarian territories

DC

History of France

DD

History of Germany

DE

History of the Greco-Roman world

DF

History of Greece

DG

History of Rome and Italy

DJK-DK

History of Eastern Europe. History of Russia

DP

History of Spain. History of Portugal

DQ

History of Switzerland

DR

History of the Balkan Peninsula (including Thrace and European Turkey)

DS

History of Asia (including Cyprus and the Levant)

DT

History of Africa (including Egypt and the southern Mediterranean)

E-F

History of the Americas

G

Geography and anthropology

GN

Anthropology, ethnology, ethnography, prehistoric archaeology

GT

Manners and customs

GV

Recreation and leisure (including games, dances, sports, festivals)

H

Social sciences

HB-HC

Economics and demography

HD

Agriculture and industry. Labor management

HE-HF

Transportation and communication. Commerce

HG-HJ

Private and public finance

HQ

Gender. Age. Sexuality. Personal and family relationships

HT

Communities and settlements. Social classes

HV

Social welfare. Crimes and punishments

J

Political science

JC

Political theory. Theories of the state

K

Law

KJA

Roman law

KL

Ancient law (except Roman law)

L

Education

M

Music

ML

History of music

N

Fine arts

N

Visual arts (general). Special subjects of art

NA

Architecture and architectural decoration

NB

Sculpture

ND

Painting

NK

Pottery, lamps, glass, glyptic, ivories, metalwork, textiles

P

Language and Literature

P

Philology and linguistics (general). Indo-European philology. Aegean scripts

PA

Classical philology and literature

PJ

Near Eastern philology and literature

PN

Literature (General). Literary genres

Q

Science

QA

Mathematics

QB

Astronomy

QC

Physics

QK

Botany

QL

Zoology

R

Medicine

S

Agriculture. Animal handling and breeding. Fishing and hunting

T

Technology

U-V

Military and naval science

Z

Library science. Bibliographies