Notker's Old High German translation of an allegory from late antiquity was written around 1000 and is a prime instance of early medieval incorporation of profane, poetic subjects into a Christian perspective on the world. The present study looks at Notker's translation methods and pedagogic aims and the techniques he draws upon to elicit the meaning of a text notable for the difficulty of its language and content. Amongst other things, there is detailed discussion of the way Notker used Latin glosses and the bearing an allegorically oriented interpretatio christiana has on his interpretation of the text. Volume II contains the first modern German translation of the first volume of Notker's rendering and a linguistic commentary on it.