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What (who) is scriptorium - definition
PLACE FOR WRITING
Scriptoria; Scriptoriums
![Miniature of [[Vincent of Beauvais]] writing in a manuscript of the ''Speculum Historiale'' in French, Bruges, c. 1478–1480, [[British Library]] Royal 14 E. i, vol. 1, f. 3, probably representing the library of the [[Dukes of Burgundy]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BL Royal Vincent of Beauvais.jpg?width=200 "Miniature of [[Vincent of Beauvais]] writing in a manuscript of the ''Speculum Historiale'' in French, Bruges, c. 1478–1480, [[British Library]] Royal 14 E. i, vol. 1, f. 3, probably representing the library of the [[Dukes of Burgundy]].")
![[[John White Alexander]], Manuscript Book mural (1896), Library of Congress [[Thomas Jefferson Building]], Washington, D.C.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manuscript-Alexander-Highsmith.jpeg?width=200 "[[John White Alexander]], Manuscript Book mural (1896), Library of Congress [[Thomas Jefferson Building]], Washington, D.C.")
![[[Ezra]] in the [[Codex Amiatinus]], believed to be based on a portrait of [[Cassiodorus]] in his library. [[Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey]], before 716](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meister des Codex Amiatus 001.jpg?width=200 "[[Ezra]] in the [[Codex Amiatinus]], believed to be based on a portrait of [[Cassiodorus]] in his library. [[Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey]], before 716")
![Saint Matthew in a mediæval scriptorium (''Book of Prayers'', 15th century ([[British Library]], Sloane MS 2468)<ref>
[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16531 "Old St. Paul's Cathedral"] William Benham, 1902. (gutenberg.org).
[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16531/16531-h/16531-h.htm#plate24 Plate 24].
Please also note [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=18578 Sloane MS 2468]</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scriptorium - 15th Century - Project Gutenberg eText 16531.jpg?width=200 "Saint Matthew in a mediæval scriptorium (''Book of Prayers'', 15th century ([[British Library]], Sloane MS 2468)<ref>
[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16531 \"Old St. Paul's Cathedral\"] William Benham, 1902. (gutenberg.org).
[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16531/16531-h/16531-h.htm#plate24 Plate 24].
Please also note [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=18578 Sloane MS 2468]</ref>")
![This late 15th-century miniature of [[Jean Miélot]] (died 1472)<ref>
De Hamel, 1992, p. 36</ref>
depicts the author at work writing his compilation of the <nowiki>''Miracles of Our Lady''</nowiki>, one of his many popular works.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tavernier Jean Mielot.jpg?width=200 "This late 15th-century miniature of [[Jean Miélot]] (died 1472)<ref>
De Hamel, 1992, p. 36</ref>
depicts the author at work writing his compilation of the <nowiki>''Miracles of Our Lady''</nowiki>, one of his many popular works.")
Scriptorium
·noun In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.
scriptorium
[skr?p't?:r??m]
¦ noun (plural scriptoria -r?? or scriptoriums) chiefly historical a room set apart for writing, especially one in a monastery where manuscripts were copied.
Origin
C18: from med. L., from L. script-, scribere 'write'.
Scriptorium
Scriptorium (), literally "a place for writing", is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European monasteries devoted to the writing, copying and illuminating of manuscripts commonly handled by monastic scribes.Stones, Alison.
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Scriptorium
Scriptorium ( (listen)), literally "a place for writing", is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European monasteries devoted to the writing, copying and illuminating of manuscripts commonly handled by monastic scribes.
However, lay scribes and illuminators from outside the monastery also assisted the clerical scribes.
Examples of use of scriptorium
1. One nitpicker took issue with an animated Blizzard exec fretting that "there were 5,000 people killed in the Arathi Highlands". "That number would crash the server," the nitpicker wrote on the South Park Scriptorium website.
2. The Ellis Collection of Kodakiana at Duke University‘s Digital Scriptorium reveals something of the bigger picture through a full–color collection of Kodak ads from 1885 to 1'23 – accessible either chronologically or by keyword search.