Marbod was renowned for his Latin writing during his lifetime; Sigebert of Gembloux, writing c. 1110–1125, praised Marbod's clever verse style. He composed works in verse and prose on both sacred and secular subjects: saints' lives, examples of rhetorical figures ("De ornamentis verborum"), a work of Christian advice ("Liber decem capitulorum"), hymns, lyric poetry on many subjects, and at least six prose letters. The most popular of Marbod's works was the "Liber de lapidibus", a verse lapidary or compendium of mythological gem-lore; by the fourteenth century it had been translated into French, Provençal, Italian, Irish, and Danish, and it was the first of Marbod's works to be printed.