scriptorium

[ skrip-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr- ]

/ skrɪpˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr- /

a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.

Origin of scriptorium

1765–75; < Medieval Latin scrīptōrium; see script, -tory²

Mention also is made elsewhere in dealing with monastic art of the usages of the scriptoria.

Illuminated Manuscripts |John W. Bradley
The scriptoria were manufactories of books and not centres of learning.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5 |Various
For much curious information about scriptoria and monastic libraries, see Maitlands Dark Ages, quoted above.

Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages |Edward Lewes Cutts
The scriptoria of the monasteries were the places where the transcribing and illuminating of MSS.

From Chaucer to Tennyson |Henry A. Beers

These two scriptoria were, at a later date, to become the nursery of English illumination.

Illumination and its Development in the Present Day |Sidney Farnsworth

scriptorium

/ (skrɪpˈtɔːrɪəm) /

a room, esp in a monastery, set apart for the writing or copying of manuscripts

from Medieval Latin