Medieval Library Catalogues of Germany and Switzerland
The fall of the Roman Empire also resulted in the loss of famous libraries from antiquity, such as the one in Alexandria or the Biblioteca Palatina in Rome. Europe had to wait until the Middle Ages for a revival of its book culture, which was centred around its monasteries. The project systematically indexes all library catalogues created in Germany and Switzerland up to around the year 1500, thus enabling further research on the intellectual heritage of the Middle Ages.