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scriptorium

[ skrip-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr- ]

noun

, plural scrip·to·ri·ums, scrip·to·ri·a [skrip-, tawr, -ee-, uh, -, tohr, -].
  1. a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.


scriptorium

/ skrɪpˈtɔːrɪəm /

noun

  1. a room, esp in a monastery, set apart for the writing or copying of manuscripts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scriptorium1

1765–75; < Medieval Latin scrīptōrium; script, -tory 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scriptorium1

from Medieval Latin
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Example Sentences

“Soon after the printing press emerged in the 15th century, the scriptoriums for copying manuscripts in monasteries rapidly began shutting down,” said Fidler, now 81 and living in retirement in Santa Fe, N.M.

“I feel like I’m a monk in a scriptorium keeping something alive,” Matthews said.

Site supervisor Andrew Shobbrook, from Dyfed Archaeological Trust, described the priory as a significant complex of buildings with dormitories, scriptoriums - rooms devoted to writing and manuscripts - stables and a hospital.

From BBC

While the exact age of the two-sided page is unknown, it is believed to have been written in the abbey's scriptorium between 1225 and 1250.

From BBC

The friar folded it and took it to the scriptorium to seal before sending it off, then gave it to John-go-in-the-Wynd, who waited.

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