scriptoriums

They were most often produced by anonymous scribes and artists in medieval monasteries, although secular, commercial scriptoriums eventually opened for what was essentially a luxury business—illuminated manuscripts were rare, expensive and took years to complete.

Past the Crowds, the Louvre's Little Gem of a Show Judy Fayard 2011

Others were his personal acquisitions, imported at great expense from Calantyr and Mirhain and, in one or two prized instances, the scriptoriums of the Ardasi Empire.

THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

Without Wynn's consent, they begin sending the texts out to scriptoriums for copying.

Archive 2008-12-01 RobB 2008

Without Wynn's consent, they begin sending the texts out to scriptoriums for copying.

Books in the Mail (W/E 12/20/2008) RobB 2008

The work done in the scriptoriums of the monasteries, we know, was sent away as presents, or in exchange for other volumes.

Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

In the Irish scriptoriums (rooms or cells for writing) of the Benedictine monasteries where they were prepared, so particular were the monks that the scribes were forbidden to use artificial light for fear of injuring the manuscripts.

Forty Centuries of Ink 1904

The work done in the scriptoriums of the monasteries, we know, was sent away as presents, or in exchange for other volumes.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Elbert Hubbard 1885

It is distilled from curious old duodecimos packed on high shelves out of sight, and blows over folios, with large clasps, that once stood in monastery libraries, and gathers a subtle sweetness from parchments that were illuminated in ancient scriptoriums, that are now grass grown, and is fortified with good old musty calf.

Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878

It is distilled from curious old duodecimos packed on high shelves out of sight, and blows over folios, with large clasps, that once stood in monastery libraries, and gathers a subtle sweetness from parchments that were illuminated in ancient scriptoriums that are now grass-grown, and it is fortified with good old musty calf.

Rabbi Saunderson Ian Maclaren 1878