Word: cloister
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...Schapiro is one of the most brilliant of the younger generation of American scholars. His subject for his Ph.D. thesis was the Cloister of Moissac, in France. He has made a special study of the sculpture of Languedoc, and of illuminated manuscripts of the north and south French schools. In his talk he plans to study medieval design from an analytical point of view, posing a question which has long been under discussion...
...capital to the left has in Gothic lettering the inscription "Petrus Caro Prior (F) Ecit Ista Eclesia Et Domus Et Claustra Et Omaque Ab E Fudat Era MCCXXLLL", a free translation being: "the dear prior Pedro built the church, the monastery, and the cloister in the year...
...hundreds of frightened Barcelonians gathered for safety in the ancient Gothic cathedral, a gang of wild-eyed Amazons broke in, climbed high in the lantern over the West Front and began sniping at soldiers and police from the roof while Barcelona's sacred geese squawked horribly in the cloister...
Hans Wagner was enrolled at Cornell in 1908-09. He returned to Germany and died fighting for his fatherland in the World War. Yet his name is missing in the War Memorial cloister, which bears these words at its entrance...
...note: Cornell authorities refused to make any change to include the name of Hans Wager on the War Memorial cloister...