In the beginning of the 9th century, when Theodoros the Stoudite reorganized the abandoned 4th century monastery in Konstantinople which would come to acquire the greatest reputation and influence not only in that city but also in the entire Christian world, he set the production of books at the centre of the monks’ activities. The τυπικό (book of rules) – which specifies the way the Monastery functions and organizes the daily life of the monks – created for the Stoudios Monastery at the time of its 9th century reorganization was later used as a prototype for the monasteries which were founded in Byzantium and elsewhere. In short, the operation of book production workshops and the books produced by the Stoudios and Pantokratoros monasteries has earned them a place in the international history of knowledge.
