Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-c.585) was a Roman statesman, writer and monk. He wrote Institutiones divinarum et saecularium litterarum, his most recognised work, between 543 and 555.

Photostats and photographs from manuscripts of Cassiodorus, Institutiones divinarum et saecularium litterarums:

• Institutiones I, II from Bamberg, König. Biblioth. H.J.IV.15, 8th century, fols. 1v-34v (photographs), fol. 34v-68r (photostats)
• Institutiones I. 70.2-84.15, from Berlin lat. 162 (Phillipps 1737)m fols. 38r-43v, 9th-10th century,
• Institutiones II praef. i-ii, from Berlin lat. 176 (Phillipps 1780) fols. 46r-50v, 10th century
• Institutiones I. 27.18-54.7, from Wolfenbüttel, Weissenburg 79 (4163), fols. 9v-18r, 10th century
• Institutiones I, from Vatican, Palat. lat. 274, fols. 1v-33v, 11th century
• Institutiones 1 i-ix, xi-xiv, from Munich, Staatsbibliothek Lat. 14469, fols. 151r-165v, 9th century
• Institutiones I (incomplete), from San Marino (Cal.), Huntington H.M. 627 (Phillipps 4621), fols. 44v-46r, 12th century
• Institutiones I, II, from Vatican, Urbin. lat. 67, fols. 71r-126v, 12th century.

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Senator | Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus | c 490-c 585 | Roman statesman, writer and monk | known as Cassiodorus