scriptorium

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• Furthermore, in the scriptorium of a medieval European monastery, there would often be a group of scribes writing down the oral deliverances of a lector who read from an exemplar.

  Academic text (2001)

• There he drew together monastic leaders and the best scholars; at the court church of Saint Mary, he established a scriptorium where scribes produced copies of the theological treatises and homilies composed by the emperor, including those in honor of Mary, for dissemination throughout his Christian empire.

  Academic text (1998)

• I left them in the scriptorium.

  The Secret of Kells (2009)

• But did you notice how few books there were on the scriptorium shelves?

  The Name of the Rose (1986)

• The scriptorium will be arranged according to my instructions.

  The Secret of Kells (2009)

• Now you are also forbidden to enter the scriptorium.

  The Secret of Kells (2009)

• I borrowed the proof from the scriptorium... to use in one of my lectures.

  The Professor and the Madman (2019)

• They worked together in the scriptorium.

  The Name of the Rose (1986)

• Its library served as an important scriptorium for the translation and dissemination of the Bible, episcopal letters, and other texts throughout the region.

  Academic text (2004)

• Intellectual life thrived with a productive scriptorium, two schools, an extensive library, and an atelier that produced precious liturgical objects.

  Academic text (2018)

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Etymology