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English monastic life (1904)

Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · London : Methuen · leaf 50

An illustration from English monastic life, 1904, leaf 50
solution of .thereligious houses, the common life of the cloister was infull vigour. In the normal position of the church on the north sideof the monastic buildings, the north cloister with itsc i8 ENGLISH MONASTIC LIFE openings looking south was the warmest of the fourdivisions. Here, in the first… … THE CLOISTERS, WORCESTER The abbots place, since his dignity demands, as theWestminster Custumal puts it, was somewhat apart fromthe rest. He had his fixed seat at the end of the easterncloister nearest to the church door. In the same cloister,but more towards the other, or southern end, the…

Monasteries · Monasticism and religious orders

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