\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.
      Writing rooms, or scriptoria, where the chief works of
      Latin literature . . . were copied and illuminated.
                                               --J. R. Green.