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Scriptorium<br> The Rhone Valley picture - The fire place at the right, seems to have been lit here, not so much to keep the various scribes comfortable, but rather, to keep the documents being being written or copied from deteriorating as a result of the air's humidity.
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The fire place at the right, seems to have been lit here, not so much to keep the various scribes comfortable, but rather, to keep the documents being being written or copied from deteriorating as a result of the air's humidity.
Western Europe
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