Watson, Walter Crum · London : A. Constable · leaf 342
s, by certain vows, into a monastic orderof regulars. This necessitated great additions to the buildingsat Thomar, for the knights had not been compelled to live incommon like monks. Accordingly Joao de Castilho was summoned back fromBelem and by 1528 had got to work. All these additions were made… … J TEXTPLAN OF THOMAR Joao de Castilho, who received for them 4631000 or about £IO°-1 These great additions, which took quite twenty-five years to build, cover an immense area, measuring more than 300 feet long by 300 wide and containing five cloisters. Immediately to the west of the Coro of the…
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