Dictionary entry

Scriptorium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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