This body of material is the record of St. Anslem's spoken words, zealously collected by Eadmer and Alexander, who sought drafts and fragments of St. Anselm's work, transcribing his writings before they were complete and rescuing his notes from the oblivion into which they would have fallen. This volume is not St. Anselm's words complete, but focusing on his spoken words, it illuminates the aspects of his thought that are only lightly touched on in his published works.