Balmerino and its abbey : a parish history with notices of the adjacent district . e Frcshytcry,appropriated to the olliciating ministers. The word presbytery,however, is often used to denote the whole choir. Adjoiningthis was the Choir proper, or ritual Choir, where the monks satin iows of stalls, those on the south side facing those on thenorth. West of the choir, by an unusual arrangement, wasthe Retro-choir, where sat such of the infirm monks as were ableto attend the services. At the west entl of the building wasthe portion occupied by the lay brothers, and the space inter-veuino; between
Balmerino and its abbey : a parish history with notices of the adjacent district . e Frcshytcry,appropriated to the olliciating ministers. The word presbytery,however, is often used to denote the whole choir. Adjoiningthis was the Choir proper, or ritual Choir, where the monks satin iows of stalls, those on the south side facing those on thenorth. West of the choir, by an unusual arrangement, wasthe Retro-choir, where sat such of the infirm monks as were ableto attend the services. At the west entl of the building wasthe portion occupied by the lay brothers, and the space inter-veuino; between this and the retro-choir was assiirned to thenovices and strangeis. In the thirteenth century various alterations were intro-duced in the construction of Cistercian churches. Thus aisleswere often added to the choir, as was also in some cases aneastern Apse., with radiating chapels. In the aisles of thetransepts the partition walls separating their chapels weredispensed with, and the chapels thrown open. Lofty stonetowers were erected, as at Fountains and Iurness. These towers. «ll» Mr ^r ^Sr <ht^^ #r7- 40 J* •-?«.? MODKL PLAN OF A CISTKRCIAN MONASTIC BUILDINGS AND BUILDEIIS 103 were often covered with a low pyramidal roof. In Scotlandthey frequently ended in a saddle-back roof, with crow-stepgables, as at Sweet Heart or New Abbey, in Dumfriesshire. The erection of IJahnerino Abbey must liave been com-mencetl soon after the year V225, but we have no detailsrejrardinij the buildin- either of its church or of its otherstructures. It would not be dedicated till its completion, whichwas })robably not effecled till many years after its connnence-nieut. Arbroath Abbey was not dedicated till lifty-live yearsafter it was founded. The church of St. Andrews Priory,which was also the Cathedral church, is known not to have beenfinished till 158 years after it was begun. Such delay admittedof every portion being executed in the most tasteful and sub-stantial manner; but it
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