scriptorium
noun
a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
scriptoria
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pluralof scriptorium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Beautifully woven vestments and altar frontals affirm that Armenian believers saw as much beauty in services as in the scriptoria.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2018
As far as she knew, the monks had worked at desks with sloping tops in the scriptoria of their monasteries, but she kept this information to herself.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Reference has been made to the scriptoria at Winchester, i.e. at St. Swithun's and the New Minster.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley
There was nothing very extraordinary in his so doing if we view the circumstance in its true light; for the scriptoria of the monasteries had ever been the principal manufactories of books.
From Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 by Various
In these scriptoria of various kinds the earliest annals and chronicles in the English language were penned, in the beautiful and painstaking forms in which we know them.
From On The Art of Reading by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
