Watson, Walter Crum · London : A. Constable and company, limited · 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 Jofio de Castilho was summoned back fromBelem and by 1528 had got to work. All these additions were made… … PLAN OF THOMAR Joao de Castilho, who received for them 463S000 or about These great additions, which took quite twenty-five yearsto build, cover an immense area, measuring more than 300feet long by 300 wide and containing five cloisters. Immediatelyto the west of the Coro of the church, then…
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