Scriptorium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scriptorium \Scrip*to"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Scriptoria}. [LL. See
     {Scriptory}.]
     In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or
     copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.
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           Writing rooms, or scriptoria, where the chief works of
           Latin literature . . . were copied and illuminated.
                                                    --J. R. Green.
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