- The
calefactory (also
warming house) was an
important room or
building in a
medieval monastery in
Western Europe. In the
present day it is a communal...
- cloisters, the
parlour and
chapter house are
still there. Also, the
calefactory (warming room)
still remains but
without a roof. And on the
south side...
- apartments, one of
which was
probably the
parlour (8).
Beyond this is the
calefactory or day-room of the monks.
Above this
whole range of
building runs the...
- east side of the cloister, on the
ground floor, was the "pisalis" or "
calefactory". This was a
common room,
warmed by
flues beneath the floor.
Above the...
- However, an
evolution of the
hypocaust was used in some
monasteries in
calefactories, or
warming rooms,
which were
heated via
underground fires, as in the...
- dormitory,
overlooking the
green court or herbarium, lay the "pisalis" or "
calefactory", the
common room of the monks. At its
northeast corner access was given...
-
calor "heat" caldarium, caldera, calefacient, calefaction, calefactive,
calefactory, calenture, calescent, calid, calor, calore, caloric, calorie, calorifacient...
-
Warming House may
refer to: A
calefactory, a
common part of a
medieval monastery Warming House (Denver, Colorado), a
Denver landmark This disambiguation...
- the
suggestion of the
marshal in the 1970s. Kalfaktor,
derived from
calefactory and
entering the
Swedish language during the 17th century, was a soldier...
- the
scriptorium inside, near the heat of the
kitchen or next to the
calefactory. The
warmth of the
later scriptoria served as an
incentive for unwilling...
