Città cattedrali biblioteche al passaggio tra tardoantico e alto medioevo. A partire dal caso di Verona

This edited volume brings together the proceedings of the international conference organized by the Associazione Italiana dei Paleografi e Diplomatisti (Verona, 16–18 September 2021) and explores the transformation of urban, ecclesiastical, and library cultures at the transition from Late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages. Using Verona as a privileged case study, the curators frame the cathedral city as a dynamic hub in which political authority, religious institutions, and book culture intersected and evolved between the fifth and ninth centuries. The contributions address a wide range of manuscript evidence preserved in the Biblioteca Capitolare of Verona, examining scripts, textual transmission, paratexts, and codicological structures in dialogue with broader historical processes such as the Lombard presence, Carolingian reform, and long-distance intellectual exchange. By combining palaeographical and codicological analysis with historical interpretation, the volume highlights the role of cathedral libraries as spaces of continuity, innovation, and cultural mediation. The curatorial perspective emphasizes comparison, interdisciplinarity, and the heuristic value of manuscript corpora in reconstructing the formation of early medieval knowledge systems beyond traditional period boundaries.