ler ▁came ▁into ▁scholar ly ▁prom in ence ▁in ▁a ▁trans itional ▁period ▁for ▁European ▁scholar ship . ▁From ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁and ▁into ▁the ▁En light en ment , ▁European ▁sch ol ars ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁" common ▁culture ▁of ▁scholar ship ", ▁a ▁res public a ▁l itter aria ▁( E sk ild sen ▁ 2 0 0 5 : ▁ 4 2 1 ). ▁ ▁That ▁common ▁culture ▁of ▁scholar ship ▁was ▁subject ed ▁to ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁national istic ▁and ▁religious ▁press ures ▁across ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century ▁so ▁that ▁as ▁Kö h ler ▁came ▁into ▁prom in ence ▁in ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century , ▁there ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁shift ▁from ▁the ▁pan - Europe an ▁imag ined ▁community ▁to ▁a ▁more ▁par och ial ▁national ist ▁one ▁( And erson ▁ 1 9 9 1 ). ▁ ▁His ▁credentials ▁as ▁a ▁library ▁and ▁information ▁scient ist ▁are ▁based ▁upon ▁three ▁of ▁his ▁mon ograph s : ▁Syl log ie ▁al iqu ot ▁S criptor um ▁de ▁bene ▁ordin anda ▁et ▁orn anda ▁Bibli othe ca , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 8 ; ▁Hoch ver d iente ▁und ▁aus ▁bew ähr ten ▁Ur k unden ▁wohl beg la ub te ▁Ehren - R ett ung ▁Johann ▁Gut ten berg s , ▁eing eb o hr nen ▁Bür gers ▁in ▁May nt z ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 1 ; ▁and ▁An weis ung ▁für ▁re is ende ▁G eler te , ▁Bibli ot heck en