The Vaulted Cellar acts as a museum to showcase the manuscripts and treasures about the history of the Abbey. We learnt that the Irish began to pass their knowledge and culture by traveling to England and the continent as missionaries since the 6th century.
The oldest surviving wooden sculpture of St Gall made in c1500
Royal Diploma from Louis the Pious dated 16th June 856
It is a Title Deed
Pontifical Missal of Prince Abbot Ulrich Rosch
It contains prayers, readings and chants
Evangelium Longum (front cover)
An illuminated Latin Manuscript
Evangelium Longum (back cover)
The Rule St Benedict
Written in c530, it sets out the main principles of religious life and continues to be followed in Benedictine monasteries
The Great Harmut Bible
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