miscellaneous notes; commonplace books
• (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.
Ad`ver·sa'ri·a noun plural [ Latin adversaria (sc. scripta ), neut. plural of adversarius .] A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. « These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adver...