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A '''scriptorium''' (from the Latin words for "write" and "writing" + "chamber" or "room"), is a room set apart from ancient times to the present day for [[writing]], especially one in a castle, palace, [[library]], [[synagogue]], [[school]], [[university]], or [[monastery]] where manuscripts were copied by hand. All ancient biblical manuscripts before the invention of [[Printing Press|printing]] were produced in scriptoriums.

A '''scriptorium''' (from the Latin words for "write" and "writing" + "chamber" or "room"), is a room set apart from ancient times to the present day for writing, especially one in a castle, palace, [[library]], [[synagogue]], [[school]], [[university]], or [[monastery]] where manuscripts were copied by hand. All ancient biblical manuscripts before the invention of [[Printing Press|printing]] were produced in scriptoriums.

The preservation of the [[Bible]] in [[Europe]] during the early and late [[Middle Ages]] was largely due to the dedicated labors of [[Ireland#History|Irish]] [[monk]]s. See [[Book of Kells]].

The preservation of the [[Bible]] in [[Europe]] during the early and late [[Middle Ages]] was largely due to the dedicated labors of [[Ireland#History|Irish]] [[monk]]s. See [[Book of Kells]].

== See also ==

== See also ==

[[Papyrus]]

[[Papyrus]]