Works of Scripture and Interpretation

Individual works by the Central Figures have been assigned a range of cutter numbers. For instance, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas is BP362 .K6-695. What this means is that there is a range of cutter numbers for the Aqdas from .K6 through .K695. Each such range of cutter numbers for a specific work is broken down in Table II. Table II uses the convention of .x to stand for the initial cutter number in the series. Thus, for the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the following table:

x Original texts, by date
x A1Partial editions or selections, by language, then by date
x A2Translations by language and then by date
x1 General works
x2 Authorship
x3 Method and nature of revelation
x4 Concordances, indexes, dictionaries
x5 Hermeneutics
x6 Commentaries; textual studies
x7 Treatises on special subjects
x8 Study and teaching
x9 History
x95 History of translations

would translate to BP362:

K6 Original texts, by date
K6 A1Partial editions or selections, by language, then by date
K6 A2Translations, by language and then by date
K61 General works
K62 Authorship
K63 Method and nature of revelation
K64 Concordances, indexes, dictionaries
K65 Hermeneutics
K66 Commentaries; textual studies
K67 Treatises on special subjects
K68 Study and teaching
K69 History
K695 History of translations

Using this table, all texts of the works, their translations, and books about them, are arranged together.



History of some General
Library Classifications


Development of the Bahá'í
Classification based on
the Library of Congress system


Where to Begin

Building complete
classification numbers


Cutter Numbers

Multiple Editions in
a Single Year


Classification and
Cataloguing