The scriptorium is the room where books are made. Literally, it means the writing place. Originally, scriptoria (plural for scriptorium) were found in churches and monasteries.
in the Middle ages it was the area of the monastery in which one wrote. It later was used to describe particular schools of fine script or painting.
the place within the monastery where manuscripts were written. A typical Benedictine scriptorium included a large central table and writing desks placed along the walls. Another arrangement may have consisted of small individual writing rooms, or scriptoriolum and in some instances the cloister alcoves were screened off into writing chambers, or carrells.
a room where manuscripts were transcribed
the room in a monastery where writing was undertaken
A Medieval writing room in which scrolls were also housed.
"A writing-room; spec. the room in a religious house set apart for the copying of manuscripts." (from the OED Glossary Glossary (History of Reading)
The room in a monastery where books were copied and illuminated.
scriptoria: atelier creating manuscripts.
A scriptorium (plural scriptoria) is a room devoted to the hand-lettered copying of manuscripts. Before the invention of printing by moveable type, a scriptorium was a normal adjunct to a library. After the active destruction of classical libraries in the wake of the Theodosian decrees of the 390s and the collapse of public institutions in general, scriptoria were entirely in Christian hands, from the early 5th century onwards.