scriptoria

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Writing rooms, or scriptoria, where the chief works of
         Latin literature . . . were copied and illuminated.
                                                  --J. R. Green.
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