Scriptorium

Before the invention of printing by moveable type, a scriptorium (plural scriptoria) was a normal adjunct to a library, which 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, were entirely in Christian hands from the early 5th century.

External links

• New York Carver: Scriptorium
• Etchings of scriptoria and an example of a manuscript
• Fr. Landelin Robling OSB"The Order of Saint Benedict : Monastic Scriptoria"