Scriptorium Definition

skrĭp-tôrē-əm
scriptoria, scriptoriums
noun
A writing room; esp., a room in a monastery for copying manuscripts, writing, and studying.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Scriptorium

Noun

Singular:
scriptorium
Plural:
scriptoria, scriptoriums

Origin of Scriptorium

  • Medieval Latin scrīptōrium from Latin scrīptus past participle of scrībere to write skrībh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Medieval Latin scriptōrium, from Latin scriptōrius (“pertaining to writing").

    From Wiktionary

Scriptorium Sentence Examples

  • At St Albans he was in charge of the scriptorium, or writing room, and he died about 1422.

  • But he turned his attention at an early date to literature, and for many years he appears to have spent his summers in the scriptorium.

  • Styli from the monastic scriptorium testify to the writing that formed part of the daily work of the monks.

  • The series of buildings consists of the college, monastery, hospice and scriptorium - the four forming a quadrangle connected by beautiful cloisters.

  • On the eastern side of the north transept is the "scriptorium" or writing-room (P 1), with the library above.

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