In each monastery there was a special hall, called the "scriptorium", reserved for the labours of the copyists. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
Have you time now to come to the scriptorium with me?. From Wordnik.com. [The Heretic's Apprentice]
Over the chapter-house were the library and scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 343, November 29, 1828] Reference
Kharl kept walking, slowly, until he came to the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [Ordermaster]
The library of a monastery was as much a feature as the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Allenby pressed a panel in the table top and called the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [Circus World]
The scriptorium at St. Alban's was founded by Abbot Paul, a kinsman of. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Numerous monasteries in England devoted much time to scriptorium work. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Sister Doctor yelled the message out the windows of the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
No, you won't find him in the scriptorium, nor in the dortoir, either. From Wordnik.com. [An Excellent Mystery]
The water barrel was more toward the harbor, past Tyrbel's scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
On the day of his departure, he visited Brother Francis in the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [A Canticle for Leibowitz]
The carrels of the scriptorium were deep, and the stone partitions cut off sound. From Wordnik.com. [An Excellent Mystery]
He looked after the jaunty figure as it departed smartly, back to the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [A Rare Benedictine]
William asked whether we would find anyone in the scriptorium, since it was Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [The Name of the Rose]
From inside the scriptorium came a long piercing scream that seemed to go on and on. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
Prior Robert was replacing a book in the aumbry cupboard at the end of the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Thief]
In the carrels of the scriptorium, copiers and craftsmen worked thankfully at their desks. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Novice]
Tyrbel appeared outside his scriptorium and walked slowly to the cooperage, stepping inside. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
Nor could he have not tried to help fight the fire that had threatened Tyrbel's scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [Ordermaster]
Bunsome turned to the scriptorium door and opened it, exposing the manuscript-piled interior. From Wordnik.com. [Circus World]
The scriptorium of a great monastery was at once the printing-press and the publishing office. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Two days before Adelmo died, you, were present at a learned debate right here in the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [The Name of the Rose]
Dalamar muttered, watching out the window of the scriptorium on one of the last warm days of autumn. From Wordnik.com. [Dalamar the Dark]
The other monks work in the scriptorium and may know the list of the volumes that the library houses. From Wordnik.com. [The Name of the Rose]
Adjoining S. transept is the vaulted slype, and the room over it may have been the scriptorium or library. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
That was where Kharl had seen him, that very morning, but he had not connected the man to the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [Ordermaster]
Dalamar noted this, and he said nothing about it, but he did volunteer to show the lady into the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [Dalamar the Dark]
When the appointed time for writing came round, the monks filed into the scriptorium, taking their places at their desks. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
We can picture to ourselves Diemudis in her conventual dress, seated in the scriptorium, with her materials for chirography. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
But it was not in the scriptorium nor was it in the bestiaries or the examples of his predecessors that he acquired his art. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
Who was he, this 'foreigner,' who had come from across the sea to bring in his outlandish novelties into the great scriptorium?. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Dalamar nodded, the nod a small bow, the only one he'd made to Lord Tellin Windglimmer in all the time he'd stood in the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [Dalamar the Dark]
"Retribution may be delayed," said Prior Robert, and turned to lead the way out from the scriptorium, his agitated shadow at his heels. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Thief]
"It would have been simpler to plant the lad straight into the scriptorium, if he came in with so much learning," said Hugh practically. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of Brother Haluin]
It was the same barrel of sand he'd used to put out the fire in Tyrbel's scriptorium on the day that his whole life had finally changed. From Wordnik.com. [Ordermaster]
Wendover that Matthew Paris grew up, rendering him every year more and more substantial assistance in the library and in the scriptorium. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
When we reached the top of the stairs, we went through the east tower into the scriptorium, and there I could not suppress a cry of wonder. From Wordnik.com. [The Name of the Rose]
Thus it came to pass that about a century after the foundation of the scriptorium, and when the library had grown to an imposing size, Abbot. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
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