Associations to the word «Scriptorium»

Wiktionary

SCRIPTORIUM, noun. (countable) A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery.

Dictionary definition

SCRIPTORIUM, noun. A room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke