Prior, Edward S. (Edward Schröder), 1852-1932 · London : G. Bell and Sons · leaf 254
enth.- The Benedictine dormitory lay usually beyond or outside the im-mediate neighbourhood of the transept, so that the capitulum couldrise to full height with no storey above to suppress its ceiling. But theAugustinians and Cistercians, with their stricter habit of night service, Allowed to fall… … GOTHIC ART had for convenience the dormitory immediately abutting on the transept,into which it descended by the night stair. Thus their chapter-houses,though following the traditional Benedictine position, had their westernporticoes lower,- so that over them might pass the passage way from…
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