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OF THE MONASTERY OF ST. GALL.
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The west walk of the cloister is hounded by another two- storied building. The ground-floor consists of the cellar, "infra cellarium," into which we enter from the cloister on the side of the refectory, "huic porticus potus quoque cella coheret," with a great number of large and small barrels, "majores tunnæ et minores." These barrels were probably destined for keeping both beer and wine. Although the enjoyment of the latter was originally denied to the monks, yet as early as the eighth century wine w^as drunk in all w^ealtliy monasteries. In the upper story is the larder and store room for other kinds of provisions, "supra lardarium et aliorum neccasariorum repositio."

The Parlour.

In a line with the apartment of the almoner and adjoining to it is the long parloiu', furnished all round with benches, which serves as a vestibule to the cloisters, and in which con- versation is carried on with visitors, and orders are given to the servants, "exitus et introitus ante claustrum ad conloqueudum cum hospitibus et ad mandatum faciendum[1]."

The Convent of the Novices, or Inner School.

At the east end of the church stands a group of buildings which form two complete monasteries as it were, each of which consists of a cloister with its covered arcade, surrounded by the usual suite of refectory, dormitory, &c., and having a church or chapel on one side. Each of these little convents has also a detached building in its neighbourhood, which contains the bath and kitchen. The two are ingeniously arranged with perfect symmnetry of plan with respect to the central building, which contains the chapels. The chapels are placed end to end, and thus form one continuous building when viewed from without, but within are completely separated from each other. The apse of one being at the east end, and of the other at the west, the entire double chapel has an apse at each end.

One of these little convents, or cloisters as they are termed, (for the word "claustrum" is taken to mean the whole establishment,) is appropriated to the novices and the other to the

  1. ↑ See the articles Parlatorium, Luctilurium, Auditorium, Salutatorium, Prolocutorium, in the Glossary of Ducango.
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