Leading English monasteries held roughly 2,000 volumes each by 1535

Evidence

The Benedictine monastery at Bury St Edmunds possessed around 2,000 volumes, a fine mix of printed books and manuscripts; Canterbury priory had a similar number, with another 1,800 volumes stored in the Canterbury abbey library. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 245

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 245
• 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

Broader Connections

• Few medieval monasteries had libraries larger than 500 or 600 volumes #contradicts (0.90) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 100