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scriptoria |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scriptorium \Scrip*to"ri*um\, n.; pl {Scriptoria}. [LL. See {Scriptory}.] In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing. Writing rooms or scriptoria, where the chief works of Latin literature . . . were copied and illuminated. --J. R. Green.
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