English [ edit ]

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Etymology [ edit ]

From Medieval Latin scrīptōrium, from Latin scrīptōrius (“pertaining to writing”). Doublet of escritoire.

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Noun [ edit ]

scriptorium (plural scriptoria or scriptoriums)

( countable ) A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery. 1907 , G. Roger Huddleston, "Scriptorium" in The Catholic Encyclopedia , volume 13 The rules of the scriptorium varied in different monasteries, but artificial light was forbidden for fear of injury to the manuscripts, and silence was always enforced.

, G. Roger Huddleston, "Scriptorium" in , volume 13 2008 , James Ronald Royse, Scribal Habits in Early Greek New Testament Papyri , chapter 7, page 499 Nevertheless, Aland criticized Martin's suggestion that the codex was the product of the scriptorium attached to a monastery, 536 on the grounds that there is no evidence for the existence of monasteries in the year 200, or for the existence of scriptoria at all connected with the Church at that early date.

, James Ronald Royse, , chapter 7, page 499 2009, Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner's Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective, 13th edition, volume 1, page 289 Among the earliest Hiberno-Saxon illuminated manuscripts is the Book of Durrow, a Gospel book that may have been written and decorated in the monastic scriptorium at Iona, although its provenance is not documented.

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Translations [ edit ]

room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts Belarusian: скрыпторый m ( skryptóryj )

Catalan: escriptori m

Czech: skriptorium n

Dutch: scriptorium (nl) n , schrijfzaal f

, Finnish: kirjoitushuone scriptorium

French: scriptorium (fr) m

Georgian: სკრიპტორიუმი ( sḳriṗṭoriumi )

German: Skriptorium (de) n

Indonesian: skriptorium

Japanese: 写字室 ( しゃじしつ, shajishitsu )

Lithuanian: skriptoriumas m

Macedonian: писарница f ( pisarnica ) , скрипториум m ( skriptorium )

, Polish: skryptorium (pl) n Romanian: scriptorie f

Russian: скрипторий (ru) m ( skriptorij )

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: скрѝпто̄рӣј m Roman: skrìptōrīj (sh) m

Slovak: skriptórium n

Slovene: skriptorij m

Swedish: skriptorium (sv) n , scriptorium (sv) n

, Thai: โรงเขียนหนังสือ ( rohng kĭan năng-sĕu )

Ukrainian: скрипто́рій (uk) m ( skryptórij )

Welsh: sgriptoriwm m

West Frisian: skriptoarium n

Dutch [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from Latin scrīptōrium.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

scriptorium n (plural scriptoria)

scriptorium ( place where manuscripts are produced )

French [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin scrīptōrium. Doublet of écritoire.

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Noun [ edit ]

scriptorium m (plural scriptoria)

a scriptorium

Further reading [ edit ]

“scriptorium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From scrīptor (“writer, author”) +‎ -ium

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Noun [ edit ]

scrīptōrium n (genitive scrīptōriī or scrīptōrī); second declension

Declension [ edit ]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural Nominative scrīptōrium scrīptōria Genitive scrīptōriī

scrīptōrī 1 scrīptōriōrum Dative scrīptōriō scrīptōriīs Accusative scrīptōrium scrīptōria Ablative scrīptōriō scrīptōriīs Vocative scrīptōrium scrīptōria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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Adjective [ edit ]

scrīptōrium