A monastery assembled a 2000-book library from only forty-eight volumes

Evidence

That a collection of 2,000 books could be assembled in an undistinguished German monastery is remarkable in itself — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 205

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 205
• XREF: connects to: Medieval monastic libraries rarely exceeded a few hundred volumes — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 100; Few medieval monasteries had libraries larger than 500 or 600 volumes — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 100