The Lindisfarne Gospels manuscript was produced in a scriptorium in the monastery of Lindisfarne. The abbey boasts a famed scriptorium where scribes copy, translate or illuminate books. The monastery prospered during the Middle Ages and possessed a productive scriptorium. Sacred Scripture was always at the heart of every monastic scriptorium. Some monasteries held a scriptorium where monks would write or copy books. The first corrections were done by several scribes before the manuscript left the scriptorium. The "scriptorium" of the monastery was usually located over the chapter house. Third, the manuscript may have been produced entirely in the scriptorium at Kells. He interpreted the room above locus 30 as a "scriptorium" because he discovered inkwells there. A catalogue of books is kept in the scriptorium, where manuscripts are read and copied. A large scriptorium may have up to 40 scribes working. It is known for its prolific scriptorium, and library of Ge'ez manuscripts. Columba copied the manuscript at the scriptorium under Finnian, intending to keep the copy. The abbey's chapter house and part of the scriptorium also remain. In addition, it had a scriptorium for producing manuscripts.