Byzantine Monasticism; Monasticism was integral to Byzantine life. From the fourth century, after the founding of the first monastic institution in Constantinople, Dalmatou, monasteries proliferated throughout town and country.
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Although the covered ambulatories are absolutely essential to the completeness of a monastic cloister, a chief object of which was to enable the inmates to pass from one part of the monastery to another without inconvenience from rain, wind, or sun, it appears that they were sometimes wanting.
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From 1593, an entrance hall, passageway, in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI; earlier, cloister or covered walk (1533); borrowed from Medieval Latin lobia, "covered walk"; from a Germanic source (laubja, "shelter").
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This photo from the TrekEarth travel gallery is titled 'Monastic Cloister Photo'. ... Monastic Cloister by pitai (3925) ... This picture shows the columns of Santo Tirso Benedictine Monastery cloister. I went to visit this place thanks to other members pictures that incourage me to do so. I am very glad I did. You can see...
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From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository ... [edit] Cloister and Portico ... Cloister of St Paul Outside the Walls...
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In the adjoining bay southward is shown the opening for the passage-way across the undercroft, now known as Middlesex Passage (pl. LXXXI b, p. 182). This passage we assume to have been there in monastic times and to have given access from the cloister to the infirmary, the infirmary kitchen, the mulberry gardens,
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The arrangement of the monastic buildings, which were on the south side of the church, was on the usual Augustinian plan which resembled that of the Benedictines. ... The walk of the cloister next the church was not included in the Sunday monastic procession, and was sometimes enclosed at both ends to allow of study;
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She also explores the role of Toulouse as an artistically active medieval city, its part in the monastic reform movement, and its political ties with the French monarchy in the later twelfth century.
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The early middle ages were an exciting period in the history of European architecture, culminating in the development of the Romanesque style. ... Major architectural innovations were made during this time including the medieval castle, the church spire, and the monastic cloister.
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monastic life ... Dictionary Home » Webster's New World College Dictionary » cloister ... to furnish or surround with a cloister...
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