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• Lists of dishes to be served or available for meals.

• Short reports of the latest news or events, usually in a television or radio broadcast context, but these also may appear as printed matter.

• Officially circulating media of exchange manufactured from paper; used in Asia from the 8th century and issued in Europe from the 17th century.

• Official or formal records of a special investigation, in the form of documents containing presentations of facts, proceedings, investigations, or events.

• Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, "documents" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media.

• Photographic prints having albumen as the binder; always black-and-white, though they may be toned to a monochrome hue.

• Official documents related to the transaction and ownership of property.

• Books listing names with residences, usually in alphabetical order.

• Prints on paper incorporating impressions of a reverse design created on a printing plate, usually copper, into which the design has been incised (engraved) using burins or gravers. Historically, "engravings" has sometimes been incorrectly used to refer to all prints, regardless of the specific technique. For prints made from designs engraved on a flat wooden block, use "wood cuts"; for prints made from a plate that is etched rather than engraved, use "etchings."

• Round or oval enframements, usually containing figures or ornamental motifs. Primarily found in two-dimensional media, such as textiles, stained glass, and manuscript illuminations; for circular decorated panels in architectural contexts, use "roundels."

• Official documents issued by a government that certify the identity and citizenship of individuals and grant them permission to travel abroad; includes permits issued by foreign countries allowing goods to be transported or persons to travel within that country.

• Books published annually as a compendium, report, or summary of the statistics or facts of a calendar year and intended as reference books, limited to a special subject.

• Handwritten manuscripts that have been decorated with gold or silver, brilliant colors, designs, or miniature pictures. Although prevalent in Islamic and Asian societies, the longest tradition of illuminating manuscripts was in Christian medieval Europe, from the 6th-16th centuries, when the art was superseded by printed illustrations. Generally, the manuscripts were both 'historiated', or decorated with relevant paintings, and 'illuminated' in its original sense, meaning decorated with calligraphic initial capital letters using gold leaf. Over time, the term 'illuminated' came to refer to any illustration or decoration in a manuscript. Illuminated manuscripts played a major role in the development of art, partly because of the manuscript's portability in carrying artistic developments from one region to another.

• Books containing brief musical compositions written or adapted for singing.

• Reproductions, usually of documents, originally made with the Photostat (TM) machine, later also produced on similar machines.

Use for: Card games

• Sets composed of playing cards plus other items designed to be used together in games in which the primary activity during a round of play involves the use of the playing cards.

• A specimen is an individual instance that represents a class. A good specimen shows the character of the thing or material, useful for close study and permitting exact identification. For parts of anything presented as evidence of quality or composition, prefer "specimens."

• Legal right, and evidence of that right, regarding the possession of property, usually real property or large items such as automobiles.

• Records of meetings, conferences, learned societies, or other organizations, usually published, and frequently accompanied by abstracts or reports of papers presented.

• Containers or receptacles of leather, cloth, paper, or other flexible material, often capable of being closed at the mouth. For ladies' bags intended to carry personal articles, use