noun
- plural of scriptorium; rooms in medieval monasteries where manuscripts were copied and illuminated by hand
Usage: historical
Examples
- Medieval monasteries contained scriptoriums where monks painstakingly copied religious texts.
- The abbey’s scriptoriums were filled with the sound of quills scratching on parchment.
- Illuminated manuscripts were created in the scriptoriums of European monasteries.
- Scholars studied the layout and organization of ancient scriptoriums.
- The monastery’s scriptoriums preserved countless classical works through the Dark Ages.
- Monks worked in silence in the cold scriptoriums during winter months.