* Compendium... "giving the sense and substance of the topic within small compass." In dialing, a compendium is a single instrument incorporating a variety of dial types and ancillary tools.  2015 North American Sundial Society Volume 22 Number 3 ISSN 1074-3197 (printed) ISSN 1074-8059 (digital) September 2015 T T h h e e C C o o m m p p e e n n d d i i u u m m * * There is that in me which reaches up toward light. - Dori Jeanne Somers Journal of the North American Sundial Society