The Liber glossarum (also called the Glossarium Ansileubi[1]) is an enormous compendium of knowledge used for later compilations during the Middle Ages, and a general reference work used by contemporary scholars.
It has been said that the Liber glossarum was part of a larger effort by the Carolingian emperors and especially Charlemagne to reform the areas of religion, royal administration, monastic organizations, and language.
The "Carolingian Renaissance" refers specifically to "the burgeoning of intellectual and cultural life" during the eighth and ninth centuries in what is now modern France.
The Carolingian royalty supported this intellectual growth for two reasons: a general appreciation of the pursuit of knowledge and a desire to properly standardize religious life and prayer.
Most copies of the Liber glossarum were organized into hundreds of pages each containing upwards of 40 lines of written text.