106 DESCRIPTION 0¥ THE ANCIENT PLAN Opposite to the school-house, and built against the side-wall of the church, is the residence of the head-master of the school, " mansio capitis scolis," containing a chamber, provided with a stove in the corner, and with benches, beds, or other furni- ture; also a private room adjoining, ejiisdem sccretiim, fur- nished with side-benches, tables, &c. Aula. The residence of the abbot, also called the palatium and the abbatia, stands outside the monastery, is surrounded by a fence, and consists of two buildings, one of which is inha- bited by the abbot himself and the other by his servants. The first building consists of two stories, of which the under one has an open portico on the east and west sides, porticiis'^ arcubus lucida!' The inner space of this story is divided into two chambers. One is the sitting room of the abbot, mansio abbatis," with benches, a stove or hre-place, two presses orna- mented with carved work, " tore(/niata," one on each side of the door, and a covered way to the church, ad ecdesiam i/if/rcssHs." It has also a dooi' to the Avestern portico and another to the eastern portico. The second chamber, " dor- mitoriuDi" contains eight places for sleeping, " lecti hie," a bench, a stove or fire-place, and other conveniences. The upper story contains a large upper chamber, and some smaller chambers, "supra earner ce et solarium T According to the rule of the order of St. Benedict there shall be a kitchen as well in the house of the abbot as in the hospitium, in order that the brethren may not be distm-bed in their arrangements by the unexpected entrance of strangers into the cloisters. Accordingly, the servants' house contains the kitchen of the abbot, and adjoining to it his cellar and provision store, " eellaruim, and also a bath room, " haliiea- torium." Behind these rooms three chambers are introduced for the domestics, " cubilia faniulantium!' court in the centre, divided by a wall. The which two are down to the ground and the central square testudo he interprets as a remainder form groups of arches resting garden-house, and the rooms around as on a basement-w all, similarly to t*lie clois- lecture-rooms or apartments of the teach- ters : so at least I interpret the drawing, ers. by comparison with Romanesque build- " Each portico has twelve openings, of ings.
