Medieval Monastery Floor Plans

Chapter house the chapter house was a room in which monks met daily to discuss business and to hear a chapter of the monastic rule.

Medieval monastery floor plans. 1 abbot or prior s house 2 almonry where alms in the form of food or money were distributed to the needy by the almoner 3 bakehouse 4 brew house 5 buttery the word has nothing to do with butter but comes from old french boterie and the latin botaria meaning cask or bottle. Media in category floor plans of monasteries the following 87 files are in this category out of 87 total. Cellarium store house of a monastery. A floor plan is a drawing usually to scale of the relationships between rooms spaces and other physical features at one level of a structure.

This is a plan of york castle which shows many of the key elements. Medieval and middle ages history timelines layout of an abbey. Floor plan of benedictine monastery of st gall showing early design in this plan east is at the top north to the left south to the right and west at the bottom. Many cistercian and benedictine abbeys were built in this way.

Not all the places listed are visible on this plan. Layout of a medieval abbey or monastery. The descriptions of the rooms are as follows. Designed for fantasy roleplaying games war games and the like these fantasy role playing maps or floor plans are published by dreamworlds.

And a keep or donjon at their heart. He building layout of medieval abbeys followed a common plan. The plan of saint gall is a medieval architectural drawing of a monastic compound dating from 820 830 ad. This category contains floor plans.

Ancient and medieval 1906 14764772525 jpg. The following rooms would be included in a plan of a medieval monastery. This is most logically interpreted as a table with shelving racks beneath it for storing books in process of being copied. A medieval castle layout of the old castle in york england.

However many medieval castles shared similar features defensive barbicans and deep moats with a kitchen and a great hall. Modelled on fountains abbey yorkshire note. Click on a room below for more details our assisted living facility is conveniently located in central florida near deland debary sanford lake mary. An example of the plan is shown below and the text below the plan describes the function of each section.

1801 monastery road orange city fl 32763 386 456 0049 ahca license al12195. According to the medieval monastery as a setting for the production of manuscripts horn born 1986 in the center of the room is a large rectangular piece of furniture seven and a half by ten feet.