Scriptorium
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A scriptorium was a writing room in medieval European monasteries for the copying and illuminating of manuscripts by scribes.
Late 15th-century miniature of the author and translator Jean Miélot (died 1472) depicts him writing his compilation of the Miracles of Our Lady, one of his many popular works.
Saint Matthew in a mediæval scriptorium (Book of Prayers, 15th century (British Library, Sloane MS 2468)
Ezra in the Codex Amiatinus, believed to be based on a portrait of Cassiodorus in his library. Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, before 716
Monte Cassino
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Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about 130 kilometres (80 mi) southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, 2 kilometres west of Cassino and at an elevation of 520 m (1,710 ft). Site of the Roman town of Casinum, it is widely known for its abbey, the first house of the Benedictine Order, having been established by Benedict of Nursia himself around 529. It was for the community of Monte Cassino that the Rule of Saint Benedict was composed.
Abbey of Monte Cassino
Cliff on "high mountain"
The façade of the church
Promontory and post-WWII rebuilt abbey