The Textbook of Architecture

The Cabinet of Models

The cloister

Four arcaded walks on paired colonnettes round a square garth; with Villard’s construction the garth equals the walks in area.

The cloister Open in Models ↗

Illustrates: Romanesque · Gothic

The rules it illustrates

The sick and the novices apart. Give the sick a room set apart and a brother to serve them, with baths when they need them; give the novices a place of their own where they study, eat and sleep under a senior.