The nucleus of the abbey's library may have been formed by the manuscripts which Columbanus had brought from Ireland (though these must have been exceedingly few) and the treatises which he wrote himself.
Jádrem knihovny v opatství byly rukopisy, které si Kolumbán přinesl z Irska (ačkoli jich patrně nebylo mnoho) a pojednání, která sám napsal.