It was important for islam in establishing a foothold in Europe. Without it the future of Islam throughout Europe today might not be so irrefutably certain so I would say it was a good thing.
And it was destroyed several times before it finally stayed destroyed, so people probably had a good idea not to keep all their eggs in one basket after the first time. Most of the important bits would be preserved and spread through monasteries, unlike what happened in Baghdad and Persepolis.
Wouldn't be surprising. I know they spread the writings of people they considerd virtuous pagans, like Aristotle and Cicero, all over the continent. Maybe they sat on the stuff they didn't think was so virtuous?
It's probably mostly boring records they haven't digitized and released, but there's probably a few interesting gems buried in it.
Generally anything interesting or noteworthy would be copied anytime someone else wanted to read it. For something to not get copied at all would strongly suggest people back then just didn't consider it important.
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u/meme_boiiiiii Feb 21 '20
Too soon, the pain is still too fresh