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scriptorium
Sign in to savethumb|Miniature of Vincent of Beauvais writing in a manuscript of the Speculum Historiale in French, Bruges, c. 1478–1480, [[British Library Royal 14 E. i, vol. 1, f. 3, probably representing the library of the Dukes of Burgundy.]]
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- The functional outset
- The physical scriptorium
- San Giovanni Evangelista, Rimini
- Cassiodorus and the Vivarium
- Cistercians
- Institutions
- Benedictines
- St. Gall
- Cistercians
- Carthusians
- The Orthodox church
- The Resava
- Rača
- Monastic rules
- Cassiodorus' ''Institutes''
- Saint Benedict
- Saint Ferréol
- Cistercians
- Books and transcription in monastic life
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Miniature of Vincent of Beauvais writing in a manuscript of the Speculum Historiale in French, Bruges, c. 1478–1480, [[British Library Royal 14 E. i, vol. 1, f. 3, probably representing the library of the Dukes of Burgundy.]]
A scriptorium () was a writing room in medieval European monasteries for the copying and illuminating of manuscripts by scribes.
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