Books Monks Safeguarded When Their Monastery Attacked

When a monastery was attacked, monks, when forced to flee always were to safeguard manuscripts which were named the 'book' of that place, with the relics of the patron saint and the sacred vessels. At worst, a new location allowed to a re-foundation of the monastery which, like Argos navis, was keeping the same albeit the place where it was to be found had changed. Those books, thus, were the following. The 'liber bonorum,' the book making the inventory of properties belonging to the monastery along with charters of donations; when peace came back, monks could, that way, make evidence to their possessions. The book of the church's foundation, which was de historical and artistic description of the abbey's church. The tumbs' book, which was a list of those who had wished to be buried inside the church. The abbots' catalogue. And the necrologium, a list of the deceased brethrens. At last, when the monastery or abbey owed their origin to a illustrious character, the Acts of him came to complement the previous books