Word: scriptoriums
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Drawn about 1440, probably by a monk in a Swiss scriptorium, the map's startling features are a strikingly accurate delineation of Greenland in the upper left-hand corner and a representation of "Vinland" (the name Vikings from Iceland and Greenland in the 10th century gave a portion of the coast of North America). There, crudely drawn but unmistakable, are Hudson Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence...
...There was a central building, originally about 124 ft. square, adjoined by a complex of rooms, passageways and cisterns. At one corner was a formidable tower with three-foot-thick walls, probably designed as a lookout post and last-ditch defense point. Other rooms included kitchens and refectories, a scriptorium and a pottery (where the scrolls' storage jars were presumably made). Flour mills, storage bins and ovens have also been 'uncovered, indicating a highly self-sufficient community...
...first thought the Qumran ruins were simply an insignificant Roman fortress. Further digging disclosed, however, remains of a "monastery", complete with a fifteen-foot tower which was still standing. Its walls were forty feet square and five feet thick. The rest of the building consisted of courts, passages, a scriptorium, and many other rooms. Coins found definitely dated the building, and pottery linked the building with the caves. This provided final proof of the Scrolls' authenticity...
...Oxford Mr. Winsor visited Dr. Murray. in his scriptorium, as they call the building where his great Dictionary of the English Language is being compiled. The building is made of corrugated iron. The inside walls are covered as high as you can reach with shelves. on which stand the millions of slips relating to different usages of words in all phases of English literature. On other shelves are all the leading dictionaries of the language, open at the particular word under consideration, so that comparison may be made without any needless delay...