scrinium

[ skrin-ee-uhm ]

noun

, plural scrin·i·a [skrin, -ee-, uh].

1. a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrinium¹

< Latin scrīnium; shrine

Example Sentences

Now it is ofttimes a knave, and even the devil himself, who rules this scrinium, and they boast that it is ruled by the Holy Spirit!

From Project Gutenberg

Rolls written in the first of these ways were simply rolled up and kept in cylinders of like shape, sometimes several together, with a title tag at the end of each, in a box called a scrinium.

From Project Gutenberg

Below is a cylindrical box, called scrinium and capsa, or capsula, in which the manuscripts were placed vertically, the titles at the top.

From Project Gutenberg

Rome, with shoemaker at work in front of a press, 38; in Villa Balestra, with physician reading, ibid. scrinium: box for carrying rolls, 30 Scriptorium: endowment, at Ely, 79; at S. Albans, 80 Scrivener, Matt.: bequeathes £50 to Univ.

From Project Gutenberg

A reliquary preserved at Clogher in 1300 was known as the membra, which, according to one explanation, was the equivalent of memoriale scrinium, memorial shrine.

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