§ 59. Plan of the eastern range: the vestry and library. 60. The Cistercian chapter-house. 61. Parlour, infirmary passage and sub-dorter. 62. Dorter, rere-dorter and day-stair. 63. The range opposite the church: plan of the frater. 64. Arrangements of the warming-house and frater. 65. The kitchen: convenience of its place in the plan. 66. The western range: cellarer's building and house of the lay brothers. 67. Later changes in the Cistercian plan: misericords in cloister. 68. Plans of houses of canons, friars, etc.: their kinship to the normal Benedictine plan. 69. Carthusian houses: the plan of Mount Grace 95-113 CHAPTER V THE INFIRMARY AND THE OUTER COURT § 70. Objects of the infirmary. 71. Buildings and position of the infirmary. 72. Plan and arrangement of the infirmary hall. 73. The infirmary kitchen and the misericord. 74. The abbot's lodging: Cistercian usages. 75. Abbots' and priors' lodgings in other orders. 76. The guest-houses: division of hospitality. 77. The outer court or _curia_: Cistercian entrance-courts. 78. The gatehouse. 79. The almonry and its uses 113-132 CHAPTER VI DISCIPLINE AND THE DAILY LIFE § 80. Officers of the monastery: the obedientiaries. 81. The monastic day and its divisions: the night-office. 82. Services and work of the morning in summer. 83. The day from sext to compline. 84. Arrangement of the day in winter: variations of daily custom. 85. The Carthusian day 133-142 Bibliography 143 Index 149 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. PAGE St Mary's abbey, York. Crossing, north transept, and north aisle of nave _Frontispiece_ 1. Plan of the cathedral priory, Canterbury (after Professor Willis) 40 2. Croyland abbey: rood-screen and nave from S.E. 50 3. Plan of typical Cistercian church, shewing original form and later eastern enlargement 56 4. Tintern abbey: north transept and presbytery, shewing doorways to dorter and sacristy 60 5. Mount Grace priory: tower-arches and nave from N.E. 69 6. Gloucester: south walk of cloister with monks' carrels 74 7. Bristol: chapter-house, looking W. 78 8. Worcester: lavatory in west walk of cloister 88 9. Durham: ceiling of dorter (now the chapter library) 93 10. Netley abbey: south transept and south aisle of nave, shewing doorways to sacristy and dorter, and eastern processional doorway 96 11. Fountains abbey: plan 102 12. " " _cellarium_, looking north 106 13. Haughmond abbey: plan 114 14. Peterborough: infirmary, looking west 118 15. Kirkham priory: gatehouse 130 CHAPTER I THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS