Having dismissed the monk, Leonardo crossed the still soaking refectory floor, and stepped close to examine his picture.
My best ideas for the Cenacolo come to me when I am working at the Colossus; and in that convent refectory yonder, I love to think upon this monument of Duke Francesco.
The refectory is used as a Unitarian chapel, and still keeps its fine pinnacled porch.
The refectory stretches towards the west; it has been converted into a chapel, and a stone cross rises from the roof.
The refectorystood on the south side of the cloister, and the whole length and height of its south and west walls still exist.
A door led from the refectory by a passage into a groined chamber, and from thence into a room in the palace situated over the kitchen.
The west gable wall of the refectory is still entire, and has a large window of seven lights.
On the south side of the cloister, where the refectoryonce stood, there are now only the ruins of the vaulted basement on which it stood.
The outside of the refectory and 'Pend Tower' is very imposing, with a simple row of lofty buttresses and windows along the top.
At the north-west corner of the refectory is the staircase tower, which leads down to the offices below, and upwards to the refectory roof, over which access was obtained to the upper story of the 'Pend Tower.
The monastic buildings were also on a magnificent scale, but of the church and monastic structures there only now remain the Norman nave, the base of the Lady Chapel, and part of the refectory and kitchen.
To the east of the refectory is a narrow chamber with the remains of a two-light window in the south wall, and projecting southwards from this is the lower part of the wall of the fratery, reaching as high as the floor of the refectory.
For the oak of it was neither fumed nor golden; it was English to its ancient core, and the table had served in the refectory of monks before Henry VIII decided that monks shocked him.
But at that point Havelock the Dane removed his feet from the refectory table.
The refectory had been set out in a better style than usual, with napkins and glasses, not only on account of the solemnity of the day, but to show respect to the guests.
Go and take to the refectory our honorable brother, the doctor.
There was a common dormitory and common refectory for all, but each canon was allowed a dwelling room within the cloister; the use of flesh meat was permitted, and the clothing was of better quality than that of monks.
Little remains of the monastery beyond the old refectory doorway and walls.
The refectory and guest-hall are to the northward, with ruins of the octagonal columns that supported the roof.
Hurst, and its lead to repair Calshot" on Southampton Water, while the gate-house serves as the entrance to the modern ducal mansion, and the refectory is the parish church.
South of the cloister-court was the refectory and other apartments.
This is a hospital founded in 1085; the great refectory and Guesten Hall, with beautiful roofs and stained glass, should be seen.
There are picturesque remains of the old Guesten Hall, the refectory and dormitory.
The adjoining farmhouse contains parts of the refectory and abbot's lodging.
A portion of the refectory still remains, also the abbey barn and the abbey house--the latter being rebuilt after the Dissolution.
On the opposite, or west side of the cloister, is the frater or refectory of the Conversi (Lay brothers) and to the south is the frater of the monks.
Adjoining the south transept is the Early English chapter-house; the ruins of the refectory and guest house are now used as a garden.
The refectoryof thirteen bays is to the south of the chapter-house, the dormitory being formerly above the monks’ dining hall.
Of the other monastic buildings, the refectory on the south of the cloisters can still be inspected with delight by those who appreciate the beautiful work of their forefathers.
The Early English refectory is an apartment of noble dimensions, consisting of a nave and two aisles.
It is evident that the refectory was to the south of the sacred structure, the dormitory and store cellar toward the west, and other offices on the east side.
His horses had worked their way with the sleigh through the deep snow in the ravine with much difficulty, and, half-frozen, he went directly to the refectoryand there asked for his son.
This gave Ulrich food for thought, and he did not glance around as the Father led him up the steep stairs to the landing-place, and past the refectory into the court-yard.
Otherwise we get a community of the Middle Ages preserved in all its essential surroundings, the refectory being in particular a grand fifteenth-century hall.
The arched cloisters, the chapter house, the refectory and other haunts of the nuns, are in quite the original state.
We can see the dormitories in which they slept, the refectory where they fed, the abbot's particular parlour and the room for accounts, the kitchen, and even the archway through which their bodies went out to the grave.
It is the ante-chamber, and also the refectory of the reporters.
From the hall we make our way to the parlour--the refectory of the house.
But it has no direct communication with the church; it has no more connexion with the church than the refectory has, and not nearly so much as the dormitory has.
Gisa at all events, we may be sure, would allow of no absentees from the commonrefectory and the common dormitory.
The monks did not live each man in his own house; they lived in common, with a common refectory to dine in and a common dormitory to sleep in.
The refectory and dormitory are useless; the cloister is a luxury which may be dispensed with; but there must be a place where the whole body may meet for elections, and for whatever other business they have to discharge.
They therefore had no need of a common refectory or dining-hall, nor had they any need of a cloister.
It is believed to have been the refectoryof the Abbey, and an antiquity of some seven centuries is assigned to it.
A small colony of social wasps built their comb under the refectory table of the village Mission-house.
As we entered the refectory one evening for dinner we saw a large snake vanish out of the back door, and we found it curled up behind the water-butt.
The Mother St. Ursula obeyed her; Soon after, the Refectory Bell ringing a second time, the Nuns quitted the Grate, and Theodore was left at liberty to carry off his prize.
Matilda was the only person whose vigilance He dreaded: But by informing her at the Refectory that during the whole of that day, Business would confine him to his Cell, He thought himself secure from her wakeful jealousy.
But in the Chevy Chase room, formerly the refectory of the monks, with its stuccoed cornice depicting hunting subjects, a good many interesting details have been preserved.
After a generous meal in the refectory they were brought in to the tall, dignified Abbot; and while they stood before him answering his questions, they felt that he had not been praised more highly than was his due.
Castro, Bartholomew de, builds the refectory of the Grey Friars, i, 402.
They were to meet in the Refectory and display their sketches; and on a given day all were there.
Rocco] The scenes from the Life of Christ around the walls culminate in the wonderful "Crucifixion," in the Refectory leading from this room.
Great care is exercised that the knife is held on an exact level with the plane of the pine table, or there will be great risk of running the knife into the pine instead of lifting it away from the joint.
The solid end of the graft is chiselled or planed off to a slightly wedged form with a straight or square upper end which is measured to reach when inserted, nearly or just up to the lowest of the upper two peg-holes.
The answer, seek some party who has an Amati with this part perfect or in excellent preservation.
As generally is the case, more than one method can be pursued for removal of the upper table.
It is through hurry or want of method in removing the upper table, should it be necessary.
In the south alley was the refectory and the monks' common dining-hall.
Near the refectory is the kitchen, built by Prior Fossor.
Again the conversation in the monk's refectory was suddenly broken in upon; this time by Septimine.
The steward of the palace and one of the officers of the squad that accompanied him were installed in a room that served as the refectory of Father Clement, while the latter went for the little prince.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "refectory" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: cafeteria; mess; restaurant
