A walk down 600-year-old Turl Street will take you past three Oxford colleges and a row of some of the oldest and best-respected shops in town. Nestled among them is Scriptum Fine Stationery. Inside, amid the smell of leather and the sound of Italian opera, you will find an Aladdin's Cave of hand-stitched leather-bound journals, dip pens, quills, Murano glass pens, inks, sealing wax, prints and Oxfordshire's largest assortment of Venetian masks.
We are also proud to number ourselves amongst Oxford's bookshops, with our small but exquisitely bound range of fiction books. Azeem Zakria, Scriptum's director and creative head, founded the business after being inspired by a stationery emporium in Florence.
We are also proud to number ourselves amongst Oxford's bookshops, with our small but exquisitely bound range of fiction books. Azeem Zakria, Scriptum's director and creative head, founded the business after being inspired by a stationery emporium in Florence.
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All Products
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From luxury handmade paper to leather stationery boxes, compasses to globes, feather quills to marble busts - you can find every single one of our products here. Some are simply beautiful, others solidly functional, and a few are ever so slightly odd, but together they make a gloriously idiosyncratic collection for you to browse.
Journals & Other Books
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Leather-bound journals in a dazzling array of colours, sizes and styles. You can also find address books, visitors books, dinner party books, recipe books, wine records, and music manuscript journals here. From luxury leather journals to five year diaries, browse our collection of high quality notebooks right here.
Wax Sealing Paraphernalia
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All the bits and bobs you need to create a traditional wax seal. Traditional brittle "bank of England" style sealing wax for a gorgeous glossy finish, or flexible modern sealing wax in a rainbow of colours. For the melting, we have melting spoons for the Dickensian at heart, or spirit burners for easy sealing of dozens of letters or invitations in a session.
Beautifully Bound Books
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Our collection of beautifully bound literature includes a handsome range of leather-bound classics, and a few carefully selected books about our own special interests including typography, architecture, and of course, Oxford!
As we have so many titles, we do not have individual images ready for each book yet, but if you are interested in any particular title, please feel free to contact us to request images if you would like to see it before you buy!
As we have so many titles, we do not have individual images ready for each book yet, but if you are interested in any particular title, please feel free to contact us to request images if you would like to see it before you buy!
Engraving
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Buying one of our leather items? Give it a personal touch with our leather engraving service. The engraving - technically embossing, really - is carried out by hand at a local bindery which has been in operation since 1834. When ordering, please count the number of characters in your inscription carefully; spaces don't count, everything else does.
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