Collection items

Decorated volume of St Augustine’s writings

Manuscript Created date: 2nd half of the 10th century

This collection of three works by the leading theologian of the early Church, St Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430), wa...

Illustrated Rule of St Benedict

Manuscript Created date: 4th quarter of the 10th century

This decorative letter opens the Prologue to the Rule of St Benedict, a very influential book of instructions, which set...

Narratio Metrica de Sancti Swithuno

Manuscript Created date: 4th quarter of the 10th century

The Narratio Metrica de Sancti Swithuno by Wulfstan of Winchester is the longest surviving Latin poem written in England...

Noyon Sacramentary

Manuscript Created date: 4th quarter of the 10th century

Produced at Noyon Cathedral in the late 10th century, this manuscript is a Sacramentary—a collection of all the texts ne...

Prudentius, Psychomachia (War of the Soul)

Manuscript Created date: 4th quarter of the 10th century–11th century

The Psychomachia (War of the Soul) is a work of allegory in which seven Virtues and seven Vices battle for possession of...