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.

Support

• The Digital Scriptorium: a visual catalog, an image database of dated and datable medieval and Renaissance manuscripts that forms a repertory of scriptorium styles

"Manuscript catalogues": Charles D. Wright's on-line bibliography covering medieval libraries and scriptoria.

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