In search of Alcuin of York’s ‘lost’ library
A new exhibition in York is shedding light on one of Europe’s most important ‘lost’ libraries.
Eighth-century York was one of Europe’s leading intellectual centres owing to the library and school headed by the scholar, Alcuin of York.
Whilst plenty of evidence exists about the school, all trace of Alcuin’s library has vanished.
The exhibition runs in the Old Palace at the Minster, which now houses the Minster Library, until April.
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