During the Middle Ages, the scriptoria and workshops of European religious houses took a strictly instrumental approach. |
The saga literature of Ireland which has survived from earliest times owes its preservation to the monastic scriptoria. |
By the 9th century, most monasteries had writing rooms or scriptoria. |
After all, it was assumed that all monks could read and write. Monasteries also contained libraries and scriptoria, or writing rooms, in which manuscripts were copied. |
We may have come a long way from monks writing in scriptoria. |
A limited form of mass production was able to be achieved in large scriptoria contained in monasteries. |