Main entry:

Kinder, Terryl N. (Terryl Nancy), 1946-

Title & Author:

Cistercian Europe : architecture of contemplation / Terryl N. Kinder.

Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., ©2002.

Description:

407 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm

Series:

Cistercian studies series ; no. 191

Notes:
Previously published in French with title: L'Europe cistercienne.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Foreword / by Michael Downey -- Introduction -- I. Historical Overview -- Monasticism in the East -- Western Monasticism and Saint Benedict -- Molesme and the Foundation of Citeaux -- Cistercian Women -- Expansion and Reform -- After the Revolution -- 2. The Organization of Life in a Cistercian Abbey -- The General Chapter -- The Opus Dei and the Cistercian Day -- Sign Language -- Clothing -- Monastic Personnel -- 3. Living in a Vale of Tears -- The Siting of Cistercian Monasteries -- Water Management -- Inhabiting the Site -- 4. The Cloister -- The East Gallery -- The Collation Gallery -- The Refectory Gallery -- The West Gallery -- 5. The Church -- Message -- Sources of Cistercian Church Desig -- Siting -- Plan and Function -- Elevation, Structure, and Space -- Decoration and Meaning -- Technology and Change -- 6. The East Range -- The Sacristy -- The Chapter Room -- Further along the East Range -- The Dormitory and Latrines.
7. The Refectory Range -- The Warming Room -- The Kitchen -- The Refectory -- 8. The West Range and the Lay Brothers -- 9. Beyond the Cloister -- The Novitiate -- The Scriptorium and Manuscript Illumination -- The Library -- The Abbot's Lodging -- The Prison -- The Infirmary -- The Cemetery -- Guests, Gatehouse, and the Precinct Wall -- Other Structures -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Indexes -- Index of Cistercian Abbeys -- General Index -- Acknowledgments and Photo Credits.
Dust jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0802838871 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780802838872 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0879073918 (Cistercian)
9780879073916 (Cistercian)

Subject:

Cistercian architecture Europe.
Cistercian monasteries Europe.
Architecture cistercienne Europe.
Monastères cisterciens Europe.
Cistercian architecture.
Cistercian monasteries.
Kloostergebouwen.
Cisterciënzers.
Church architecture Europe.
Europe.

Added entries:

Cistercian studies series ; no. 191.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223030
Call No.: NA4828 .K5 2002
Status: Available