Educational manuscript from the monastery of St. Gall, produced in the second third of the 9th century; contains mainly the poems (Carmina) of the early Christian Merovingian poet Venantius Fortunatus († 600), with four pattern poems on the Cross, as well as a copy of the Aenigmata (riddles) of a poet named Symphosius or Symposius. (smu)

This composite manuscript, of particular significance in terms of textual history study, consists of at least four distinct parts, written during the 9th and 10th centuries, primarily in the Cloister of St. Gall. The manuscript volume contains, among other items, a Latin prose narrative about the Trojan war from a Greek point of view (De excidio Troiae historia), generally associated with the pseudonym Dictys Cretensis; the 5th century "Troja-Roman" or Trojan epic (Historia de excidio Troiae) published under the pseudonym Dares Phrygius; a copy of the work De spiritalis historiae gestis by Avitus of Vienna; poems by Salomon, Abbot-Bishop of St. Gall (890-920) dedicated to Dado of Vienna, and the Carmen paschale by the Latin-Christian poet Sedulius (5th century). On page 122 is an illustration of the labyrinth of the Minotaur in Knossos on Crete. (smu)

A copy of the works Libelli de spiritalis historiae gestis and Versus de consolatoria castitatis laude by Alcimus Avitus von Vienne (d. 518), produced in the 10th century at the Abbey of St. Gall (?), includes pen tests as well as Latin and Old High German glosses. (smu)

Cassiodorus' textbook on the seven liberal arts, the Institutiones divinarum et saecularium litterarum. (smu)

Cassiodorus, Expositio psalmorum 1-50 (commentary on Psalms 1 to 50). (smu)

Cassiodorus, Expositio psalmorum 51-100 (commentary on Psalms 51 to 100). (smu)

Cassiodorus, Expositio psalmorum 101-150 (commentary on Psalms 101 to 150). (smu)

An exceptionally fine copy of the 40 homilies by Pope Gregory the Great on the Gospels. Written and illuminated with gold and minium initials in the monastery of St. Gall ca. 1000. (smu)

Gregorii M. expositio libri Job ab Odone Cluniacensi in compendium redacta. Odo of Cluny’s (Abbot 927-942) adaptation of Gregory the Great’s commentary on the Book of Job. The ornamental initials of the manuscript, which was not created in St. Gall, stylistically indicate the 8th century. (dor)

Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job (commentary on Job): commentary on Job 1-5 dating from the time of Hartmut (dean ca. 850-872). Volume 1 of a six-volume series. (smu)

Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job (commentary on Job): commentary on Job 6-10 dating from the time of Hartmut (dean ca. 850-872). Volume 2 of a six-volume series. (smu)

Gregory the Great, Moralia in Hiob (Commentary on Job): commentary on Job 23-27 dating from the time of Hartmut (dean ca. 850-872). Volume 5 of a six-volume series. (smu)

Gregory the Great, Moralia in Hiob (Commentary on Job): commentary on Job 28-35 dating from the time of Hartmut (dean ca. 850-872). Volume 6 of a six-volume series. (smu)

Copy of books 32 to 35 of Pope Gregory the Great’s Moralia in Hiob, written in Alemannic minuscule at the monastery ofSt. Gall toward the end of the 8th century. (smu)

Gregory the Great, 22 homilies on the Old Testament Book of Ezekiel. Copy dating from the time of Hartmut (dean ca. 850-872). (smu)

Copy of Pope Gregory the Great’s homilies 13 to 22 on the Old Testament Book of Ezekiel, written at the monastery ofSt. Gall toward the end of the 8th century in a “gleichmässigen, breiten, gut proportionierten kalligraphischen älteren St. Galler Minuskel” (Bruckner) [uniform, wide, well-proportioned calligraphic older St. Gall minuscule] . The beginning of each homily is decorated with small colored initials. (smu)

Palimpsest Manuscript with texts from the 8th (upper script band) and 5th (lower script band) centuries. The manuscript consists of a fragmentary copy of great importance in the field of textual study, from Italy, written in Roman Uncial script, containing passages from books 1 through 6 of the work Divinae institutiones (Divine Instructions) by Roman author Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius (about 250 - 325) made in the 5th century. To these the Dialogs of Gregory the Great and shorter theological texts by Augustine, Isidore of Seville and additional (mostly unknown) authors were added in the 8th century, probably in St. Gall. (smu)

42 fragmentary leaves containing an extremely early copy of portions of the four books of the Dialogs of the church father Gregory the Great, produced in north-eastern France in a Merovingian chancel script from the time around 700. Additional fragments from this Dialog manuscript can be found in the Zentralbibliothek (Central Library) Zürich (Ms. C 184) and in St. Paul in Lavanttal. (smu)

A carefully written manuscript of the Dialogi of Gregorius Magnus (p. 2-417). P. 1 contains a table of contents and pen tests with neumes. Decorated intials on p. 2, 78, 156, 279. The manuscript contains four Alemannic textual glosses. It was probably read from during meals and shows signs of heavy usage, especially in Book II (the life of Benedict). (dor)

The Book of Pastoral Care (Regula Pastoralis) by Gregory the Great, St. Gall copy dating from around 800, bound in a splendid enamel binding from Limoges dating from around 1210/30. (smu)