MENIAL

See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

DEPARTMENT  . Z . Factory . a . Threshing-floor . b . Workshops . c, c . Mills . d . Kiln . e .

Stables . f . Cow-sheds . g .

Goat-sheds . h . Pig-sties. i . Sheep-folds . k, k, k . Servants' and workmen's sleeping-chambers . 1 . Gardener's house .

m, m .

Hen and duck house . n . Poultry-keeper's house, o . Garden . hers . .p . Cemetery . [bread . Infirmary—i–6 as above in q . Bakehouse for sacramental the house of novices. r . Unnamed in plan .

Doctor's house. s, s, s . Kitchens . Physic garden. t, t, E . Baths . church has on its east side the " pisalis " or " calefactory " (H), the common sitting-room oft the brethren, warmed by flues beneath the floor . On this side in later monasteries we invariably find the chapter house, the absence of which in this plan is somewhat surprising . It appears, however, from the inscriptions oit the plan itself, that the north walk of the cloisters served for the purposes of a chapter-house, and was fitted up with benches on fhe long sides . Above the calefactory is the " dormitory opening into the south transept of the church, to enable the monks to attend the nocturnal services with 7 T C . Corridor, with cells on each side . D . Staircase .