cloister

자료: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloister

Cloisters" redirects here. For the museum in New York City, see The Cloisters.

For other uses, see Cloister (disambiguation).

Cloister of Saint Trophimus, in Arles,France

Cloister of Abbaye de Fontenay, inMarmagne, France

A cloister (from Latin claustrum) is a covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church usually indicates that it is (or was once) part of a monastic foundation.

Cloistered (or "claustral") life is also another name for the life of a monk or nun in theenclosed religious orders; the modern English term enclosure is used in contemporary Catholic church law^[1] to mean cloistered, and cloister is sometimes used as a synonym for monastery.

In medieval times, cloisters served the primary function of quiet meditation or study gardens.

The largest cloister in the world (12,000 m²/130,000 sq ft) is at the Certosa di Padulanear Salerno in southern Italy.

[edit]See also

• Peristyle

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[edit]Notes

1. ^ The Code of Canon Law, Canon 667 ff. English translation copyright 1983 The Canon Law Society Trust [1]

[edit]External links

• Photos of Cloisters in Spain, Portugal and England
• The Code of Canon Law, cf canons 667 ff.
• New Advent Encyclopaedia III ff. on "Nuns, properly so called
• "Cloister" in the New Advent encyclopaedia
• New Advent Encyclopaedia on "Religious Life
• Photos and information on cloisters in France, Italy and Spain