单词 | scrivenery |
释义 | scriveneryn. 1. The occupation, position, or craft of a scrivener; the work of a copyist or clerk. Frequently attributive (see Compounds). Now rare (chiefly Irish English in later use). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [noun] > writing as occupation writingc1405 scriveneryc1454 clerkship1550 calligraphy1590 pencraft1600 scribeship1606 clerking1679 pen-and-inkmanship1804 clerkhood1873 clerkage1883 clerkery1883 clerkdom- c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 53 (MED) Þer ben dyuerse and many spicis of craft..tailorie dyuerse from scryuenrie. 1730 Fog's Weekly Jrnl. 24 Jan. (advt.) Various Forms of Business written in the most proper Hands..for the Use of such as apply themselves to Law or Scrivenery. 1847 J. S. Le Fanu T. O'Brien 257 His confidential clerk..pursued his scrivenery in industrious taciturnity. 1891 Law Times 92 99/1 The books are beautiful specimens of scrivenery, and from cover to cover may be searched without finding a blot. 1940 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 29 257 Hogan passed from scrivenery in the attorney Foote's office to apprenticeship under Deane. 1989 Irish Arts Rev. Yearbook 151/3 Scrivenry, plan-tracing, and illumination were also pursued. 2. historical. An establishment employing scriveners; a room or place in which scriveners work. Cf. scriptorium n. 1.Chiefly with reference to the establishment run by Francis Bacon (1561–1626) and his brother Anthony Bacon (1558–1601) in Twickenham. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > room or chamber for writing > where scriveners work scrivenery1895 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 1895 Academy 13 Apr. 316/1 (heading) A survival of Bacon's Twickenham scrivenery. 1898 Proc. Soc. Antiq. 20 Jan. 39 Nineteen lines of beautiful script, possibly written in the scrivenery attached to the court. 1969 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 304 Francis and Anthony Bacon established a scrivenery at Twickenham and its main purpose was the ciphering and decoding of secret documents. 2004 P. Dawkins Shakespeare Enigma vii. 158 Francis Bacon..ran a scrivenery of writers, poets, translators, cryptanalysts and secretaries to assist him. Compounds attributive, as scrivenery business, scrivenery department, scrivenery fee, etc. ΚΠ 1821 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 26 June 1/1 He has made such an arrangement as enables him to have Scrivenery Business of every description, neatly, correctly, and expeditiously executed. 1888 Whitaker's Almanack 176 Law Offices, etc., Scrivenery Department. 1935 Times 27 Feb. 1/6 Copy Specification can be had in exchange for 4s. scrivenery charge. 2005 High Court Ireland Decisions (IEHC 127) in www.bailii.org (O.E.D. Archive 2017) Finally there was a last letter..dated 11th November, 1996..confirming a discharge of the scrivenery fee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1454 |
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