Sentences with phrase «established scriptoriums»

The Normans established scriptoriums in many monasteries in the 11th century, and their appetite for animal skins must have had a «huge impact» on the animals raised, notes Naomi Sykes, a zooarchaeologist at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

In a show of good sense he directed that the place be named Engelthal, or ìValley of the Angels, î rather than Swinach — ìPlace of the Pigs.î But it was Ulrich's final provision that would have the greatest impact on my life: he mandated that the monastery establish a scriptorium.