The Scriptorium at S. Alban's was also specially endowed.
"The Care of Books"
John Willis Clark
They were in fact devices to provide a certain amount of privacy for literary work in Houses where there was no Scriptorium or writing-room.
"The Care of Books"
John Willis Clark
A room called the Scriptorium, or writing-room, was to be found in every monastery, and most of the monks could either write or read, and were looked upon in consequence as very learned and wise.
"The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; The Boy and the Book; and Crystal Palace"
Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick