Corbie Abbey

In the period between 657 and 661, Queen Balthild, the wife of Clovis II and the mother of Chlothar III and Childeric II, founded Corbie Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey in Corbie, Picardy, France.

Its significance dates back to the early Carolingian era, when both the scriptorium and the library were revered.

There are allegedly catalogs from the eleventh and twelfth century in the library.

It is regarded as the center for the transmission of the works of Antiquity to the Middle Ages, together with the patristic texts.

The Corbie also has a scriptorium, which at a time when the practice was still relatively unheard of in Western Europe, became the hub of manuscript illumination.

The Carolingian minuscule and illumination style both originated in this region. Corbie was also given a job in a script lab for the same reason.