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scriptorium

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11 lettersPronunciation /skɹɪpˈtɔː.ɹɪəm/Part of speech nounSorted ciimoprrstuStarts with SEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts

Word origin

From Medieval Latin scrīptōrium, from Latin scrīptōrius (“pertaining to writing”). Doublet of escritoire.

Used in a sentence

  • The rules of the scriptorium varied in different monasteries, but artificial light was forbidden for fear of injury to the manuscripts, and silence was always enforced.
  • Very soon, however, I hesitated. It was labour-intensive work, scriptorium-slow.
  • Among the earliest Hiberno-Saxon illuminated manuscripts is the Book of Durrow, a Gospel book that may have been written and decorated in the monastic scriptorium at Iona, although its provenance is not documented.

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