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

Word History and Origins

Origin of scriptorium¹

1765–75; < Medieval Latin scrīptōrium; script, -tory ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of scriptorium¹

from Medieval Latin

Example Sentences

Every volume had to be returned before the lights were lit, and work ceased in the scriptorium the instant the daylight failed.

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It lay in a conspicuous place in the scriptorium, and no one but the chronicler was permitted to make entries in it.

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At last he turned his back resolutely upon the picture of loveliness and entered the scriptorium.

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Every considerable monastery had a room, called Scriptorium, where this work was performed.

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Day after day he would trudge from his mother's house, and she was a widow, up to the monks' Scriptorium.

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