Scriptorium
Room in medieval European monasteries for writing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A scriptorium (/skrɪpˈtɔːriəm/ ⓘ)[1] was a writing room in medieval European monasteries for the copying and illuminating of manuscripts by scribes.[2][3]
The term has perhaps been over-used—only some monasteries had special rooms set aside for scribes. Often they worked in the monastery library or in their own rooms. Most medieval images of scribing show single figures in well-appointed studies, although these are generally author portraits of well-known authors or translators. Increasingly, lay scribes and illuminators from outside the monastery also assisted the clerical scribes.[2] By the later Middle Ages secular manuscript workshops were common, and many monasteries bought in more books than they produced themselves.