scriptorium

[ skrip-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr- ]

/ skrɪpˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr- /

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.

Nearby words

script reader, script., scripted, scripter, scripting language, scriptorium, scriptural, scripturally, scripture, scriptwriter, scrive board

Origin of scriptorium

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

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Examples from the Web for scriptorium

He would go back to the Scriptorium, and all would be as it had been before.
Queed|Henry Sydnor Harrison
It did not take long for Brother Basil to find out how fascinated the herd-boy was with the work of the scriptorium.
Masters of the Guild|L. Lamprey
He was aware that, personally, he wished himself back at Mrs. Paynter's and the Scriptorium.
Queed|Henry Sydnor Harrison
One of his best men was Cassiodorus, the man who evolved the scheme of the scriptorium.
Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers|Elbert Hubbard

We can picture to ourselves Diemudis in her conventual dress, seated in the scriptorium, with her materials for chirography.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866|Various

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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