CHESTER CATHEDRAL

CHESTER CATHEDRAL

Chester Cathedral Refectory Window (England)
The Refectory, built in the 13th century, and subsequently enlarged, was the dining hall for the 40 monks who belonged to the community at the time. Their simple meals were eaten in silence, while one of their number read from the unusual stone canopied pulpit on the south wall.

The Refectory seems large for such a relatively small number of monks; but the Benedictines were given to hospitality, as they are now, and so they entertained many guests here.

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