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scriptorium

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CIDE DICTIONARY

scriptoriumn. [LL. See Scriptory.].
     In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.  [1913 Webster]
    "Writing rooms, or scriptoria, where the chief works of Latin literature . . . were copied and illuminated."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scriptorium, n. (pl. scriptoria or scriptoriums) a room set apart for writing, esp. in a monastery.

Derivative
scriptorial adj.
Etymology
med.L (as SCRIPT)

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