单词 | scriptory |
释义 | scriptoryn.adj. Now rare. A. n. A room or area set apart for writing; esp. one in a monastery used by scribes copying and illuminating manuscripts; a scriptorium. Now historical.Apparently not recorded between the 15th and late 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > writing room scriptorya1500 scriptorium1695 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > writing room scriptorya1500 writing chamber1563 writing booth1568 writing house1597 writing-room1670 scriptorium1828 scrivenery1895 a1500 (a1477) Black Bk. (Soc. of Antiquaries) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 110 Thies clerkes to haue dyners and soupers to theyre scriptory. 1786 R. Beatniffe Norfolk Tour (ed. 4) 63 The stalls joining to the hall..were the ancient scriptories, or places where the writers sat at elections. 1844 F. A. Paley Church Restorers 14 It was the favourite scriptory of the writer. 1869 W. Dealtry Laborer xviii. 439 Within those religious houses was the scriptory of the patient monk. 1954 R. R. Bolgar Classical Heritage & its Beneficiaries iii. 111 The scribes in the monastic scriptories. 2017 M. Fedorova et al. tr. M. Homza Mulieres Suadentes iv. 103 Another group of scholars refers to..forgeries made at the scriptories at St. George's Monastery. B. adj. 1. Of or relating to writing; used in writing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [adjective] graphical1643 pennish1646 scriptorian1656 scriptorya1682 graphic1778 scriptorial1781 scriptural1827 drawn-out1847 a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 82 Reeds, Vallatory, Sagittary, Scriptory, and others. 1827 T. Carlyle J. P. F. Richter in German Romance III. 21 Let the English reader fancy a Burton writing, not an Anatomy of Melancholy, but a foreign romance, through the scriptory organs of a Jeremy Bentham. 1883 London Society Aug. 148/1 He resided in Winchester-street, conveniently close to his scriptory duties. 1905 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 4/3 There is a tendency nowadays to unify the scriptory characters of all languages. 2009 Revista Canadiense Estudios Hispanicos 33 289 Even if a clearly defined writer is absent, the film alludes here to indices of a scriptory agency. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > state of having been written > [adjective] writtenOE pricked1463 penned1567 handwritten1583 paper1616 literal1621 inditeda1640 in manuscript1646 scribed1662 scriptory1704 scriptured1763 pen and ink1810 scriptitious1815 paper-and-pencil1927 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 67 Of Wills, duo sunt genera, Nuncupatory and Scriptory. 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer ii. v. 223 To derive assistance from every means of information, oral or scriptory. 1833 E. Livingston Syst. Penal Law State Louisiana 290 Scriptory evidence..includes all kinds of written proof. 1861 ‘Caviare’ in Duffy's Hibernian Mag. Apr. 164/2 Ancient idioms which, through frequent quotation, scriptory and oral, have been..metamorphosed. 1907 Forum May 171 A consecutive study of the cases will reveal no difference of measure of damages, depending upon the oral or scriptory nature of the contract. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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