Books Kept at St Andrew's Priory

Books kept at St Andrew’s Priory

In the Textus Roffensis, there is a list of all the books kept in the priory at Rochester in the year 1123. The following is what is listed.

Works of St Augustine

Exposition on the Psalms (3 volumes)

City of God

Commentary on the Epistles of St John

Sermon on Tribulations

Commentary on Revelation

Commentary on the Song of Songs

Against Faustus

Enchiridion

Commentary on Isaiah

Commentary on Genesis

Numerous sermons and letters

Works of St Gregory the Great

Moralia in Job

Pastoral Rule

Homilies on Ezekiel

Homilies on the Gospels

Dialogues

Works of St Jerome

Biblical Commentaries

Letters

Lives of Saints

Works of St Ambrose

On the Good of Death

Other theological treatises

Historical Works

Ecclesiastical History of Bede

Orosius

Eusebius

Various Chronicles

Monastic and Canonical Texts

Rule of St Benedict

Cassian

Benedict of Aniane Material

Canon Law Collections

Liturgical Books

Sacramentaries

Antiphoners

Graduals

Lectionaries

Psalters

Hagiography (Saints' Lives)

Lives of St Benedict

Lives of the Desert Fathers

Various Martyrologies

Sermon Collections

Homiliaries

Collections of sermons by:

● Gregory the Great

● Augustine

● Bede

● Smaragdus

● Haymo

● Other Church Fathers

Used by monks preparing sermons.

Classical and Educational Texts

Grammar Books used for teaching Latin.

Rhetorical Texts for training in composition and preaching.

Reference Works for biblical and theological study aids.