Ironically, some books survived because they ended up in a special place, the so - called inferno, a location created in many ecclesiastical libraries to keep prohibited literature under lock and key.
Paradoksāli, bet dažas grāmatas saglabājās tikai tāpēc, ka garīdznieki tās novietoja īpašās baznīcu bibliotēku vietās, kur tās tika glabātas aiz atslēgas.