
A scriptorium was a large room in a monastery used by the scribes and copyists for copying books by hand. Some monks had specialties: those who copied books were called antiquarii, those who dealt with daily business were called librarii or scriptores, those who added illustrations to the margins of text were known as illuminators, and a specialist in legal documents was called a notarius. These were all supervised by the precentor and his assistant the amarius. source


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