Tuesday 29 January 2013

Chauffoir (calefactory)

The only heated room in an abbaye (abbey).
The chauffoir or pisalis was often located next to the scriptorium.
In the photo the chauffoir of the abbey Silvacane near La Roque-d'Anthéron (Bouches-du-Rhône 13).

Silvacane (13)

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