The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
501–600
1 work
c. 585–590
Latin
In Gloria Martyrum
Gregory of Tours · c. 538 – 594
A hundred and six short chapters on relics and what they did: oil that flowed, a candle that would not go out, thieves struck down, and a Jewish man who took an icon and was found out by the blood it wept.
601–700
2 works
c. 673–684
Latin
Vita Eligii
Audoin of Rouen · c. 609 – 684
The life of a goldsmith who made the Merovingian royal shrines, became a bishop, and preached to Flemish peasants against Thursday observance, herbal charms, shouting at eclipses, and dancing at the solstice — the sermon lists what he was up against in detail.
c. 700
Latin
Anonymous
A small, badly spelled service book made for a travelling priest in Gaul, holding a mass for every occasion plus a sermon collection, a penitential, blessings for crops and for a sick horse, and a charm against the evil eye.
3 of 1774 works