 The library houses a significant proportion of all extant Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, including the earliest copy of the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" (Version A of the ASC, Corp. Chris.MS 173, known as the Winchester Chronicle or the Parker Chronicle, c. 890), the Old English Bede, and King Alfred’s translation of "Pastoral Care" (a manual for priests), as well as the Latin St Augustine Gospels, one of the oldest bound books in existence.The collection also includes key Middle English texts, such as the "Ancrene Wisse", the "Brut Chronicle" and Geoffrey Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde".