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