This highly decorated arch, from the Augustinian
priory of Kirkham, marked the entrance to the refectory from the cloister.
Ornamentation such as this can be used by historians to understand the
hierarchy of space within the monastic precinct and the liturgical rituals marked
out by architecture.Sunday, 9 December 2012
Dinner Time
This highly decorated arch, from the Augustinian
priory of Kirkham, marked the entrance to the refectory from the cloister.
Ornamentation such as this can be used by historians to understand the
hierarchy of space within the monastic precinct and the liturgical rituals marked
out by architecture.
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