scriptorium

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

/ skrɪpˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr- /

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noun, plural scrip·to·ri·ums, scrip·to·ri·a

[skrip-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-]. /skrɪpˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/.

a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.

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Origin of scriptorium

1765–75; <Medieval Latin scrīptōrium;see script, -tory²

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How to use scriptorium in a sentence

Mention also is made elsewhere in dealing with monastic art of the usages of the scriptoria.
Illuminated Manuscripts|John W. Bradley
The scriptoria were manufactories of books and not centres of learning.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5|Various
These two scriptoria were, at a later date, to become the nursery of English illumination.
Illumination and its Development in the Present Day|Sidney Farnsworth
The scriptoria of the monasteries were the places where the transcribing and illuminating of MSS.
From Chaucer to Tennyson|Henry A. Beers

For much curious information about scriptoria and monastic libraries, see Maitlands Dark Ages, quoted above.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages|Edward Lewes Cutts

British Dictionary definitions for scriptorium

scriptorium

/ (skrɪpˈtɔːrɪəm) /

noun plural -riums or -ria (-rɪə)

a room, esp in a monastery, set apart for the writing or copying of manuscripts

Word Origin for scriptorium

from Medieval Latin

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