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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.]]

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24 sections
Contents
  • 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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