Hello. I am looking for books about the preservation and copying of the works from Classical Antiquity that survive to this day. Basically, looking for a rundown of the rediscovering and retranslating of books from Classical Greece and Rome. Bonus points if it includes coverage of the preservation of these works during the so-called Dark Ages. Thanks!
I am not aware of any books on this topic, but I can link to some earlier answers here about it; many of our users but especially u/KiwiHellenist has written about this. This and this are especially on the topic of copying in the early Mediaeval period, but there is an entire section of his flair profile about it, and he has written more on his blog as well.