This work is arranged chronologically by author's birthdate, with English translations opposite the French text. Indexes are by author, first line of the French text, and first line of the English text. This is arranged chronologically by author's birthdate, with English translations opposite the Latin text. Indexes are by author, subject, and keyword in Latin. French quotations are in Part One, while Italian quotations are in Part Two.
Indexes are by author and subject for each language.
Covering Latin, Greek, and modern western European tongues, this dictionary is arranged by language and, within that, alphabetically by first word of phrase or quotation. An English language translation follows each entry. An author index is provided. Each quotation is followed by an English language translation. Each of these three volumes is arranged alphabetically by author with an English translation immediately following the foreign language quotation.