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''''Scriptorium'''' is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European [[monasteries]] devoted to the copying of manuscripts by monastic [[scribes]]. Written accounts, surviving buildings, and archaeological excavations all show, however, that contrary to popular belief such rooms rarely existed: most monastic writing was done in cubicle-like recesses in the cloister, or in the monks' own cells. References in modern scholarly writings to 'scriptoria' more usually refer to the collective written output of a monastery, rather than to a physical room. Scriptoria in the conventional sense probably only existed for limited periods of time, when an institution or individual wanted a large number of texts copied to stock a library; once the library was stocked, there was no further need for a room to be set aside for the purpose. By the start of the 13th century secular copy-shops developed; professional scribes may have had special rooms set aside for writing, but in most cases they probably simply had a writing-desk next to a window in their own house.
''''Scriptorium'''' is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European [[monasteries]] devoted to the copying of manuscripts by monastic [[scribes]]. Written accounts, surviving buildings, and archaeological excavations all show, however, that contrary to popular belief such rooms rarely existed: most monastic writing was done in cubicle-like recesses in the cloister, or in the monks' own cells. References in modern scholarly writings to 'scriptoria' more usually refer to the collective written output of a monastery, rather than to a physical room. Scriptoria in the conventional sense probably only existed for limited periods of time, when an institution or individual wanted a large number of texts copied to stock a library; once the library was stocked, there was no further need for a room to be set aside for the purpose. By the start of the 13th century secular copy-shops developed; professional scribes may have had special rooms set aside for writing, but in most cases they probably simply had a writing-desk next to a window in their own house.
* Sullivan, Richard. "What Was Carolingian Monasticism? The Plan of St Gall and the History of Monasticism." In ''After Romes's Fall: Narrators and Sources of Early Medieval History'', edited by Alexander Callander Murray, 251-287. Toronto: U of Toronto Press, 1998.
* Sullivan, Richard. "What Was Carolingian Monasticism? The Plan of St Gall and the History of Monasticism." In ''After Romes's Fall: Narrators and Sources of Early Medieval History'', edited by Alexander Callander Murray, 251-287. Toronto: U of Toronto Press, 1998.
* Vogue, Adalbert de. ''The Rule of Saint Benedict: A Doctrinal and Spiritual Commentary''. Kalamazoo: Cistercian, 1983.
* Vogue, Adalbert de. ''The Rule of Saint Benedict: A Doctrinal and Spiritual Commentary''. Kalamazoo: Cistercian, 1983.
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* [http://www.scriptorium.columbia.edu/The Digital Scriptorium]: a visual catalog, an image database of dated and datable medieval and Renaissance manuscripts that forms a repertory of scriptorium styles
* [http://www.newyorkcarver.com/scriptoria3.htm#Scriptorium New York Carver: Scriptorium]
* [http://www.newyorkcarver.com/scriptoria3.htm#Scriptorium New York Carver: Scriptorium]
* [http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/html/2.html Etchings of scriptoria and an example of a manuscript]
* [http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/html/2.html Etchings of scriptoria and an example of a manuscript]
* [http://www.osb.org/gen/robling/05script.html Fr. Landelin Robling OSB"The Order of Saint Benedict : Monastic Scriptoria"]
* [http://www.osb.org/gen/robling/05script.html Fr. Landelin Robling OSB"The Order of Saint Benedict : Monastic Scriptoria"]
* [http://www.christdesert.org/noframes/script/history.html History of Scriptoria]
* [http://christdesert.org/Seeking_God/Scriptoria/index.html History of Scriptoria]
* [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/cdwright/www/msscat.html "Manuscript catalogues": Charles D. Wright's on-line bibliography covering medieval libraries and scriptoria.]
* [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/cdwright/www/msscat.html "Manuscript catalogues": Charles D. Wright's on-line bibliography covering medieval libraries and scriptoria.]
* [http://www.stgallplan.org/index.html St. Gall Monastery Plan]
* [http://www.stgallplan.org/index.html St. Gall Monastery Plan]
