Sunday, May 19, 2013

Pilgrims & Cloisters

I am determined to build this and live here, too. This is my spiritual world, inside & out.
Dear God please show me The Way.



Pilgrim. Photo by Alessandro Pucci




Spanish Monastery & Romanesque Cloister ~ Photo by Roy Winkelman








Monreale Cloisters

http://www.paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Sicily%20&%20S%20Italy/Montages/Sicily/Palermo/Monreale%20Cloisters.htm

Monreale Cloisters: Norman King of Sicily  William II (1153 - 1189) presents his new cathedral to the Virgin and Son (capital)







* * * * DEFINITION OF CLOISTER * * * * *

  1. Cloister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloister

    cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, ...

  2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Visit The Cloisters

    www.metmuseum.org › Home › Visit

    The Cloisters museum and gardens, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe, was assembled from ...

  3. Cloister - Merriam-Webster Online

    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloister

    b : an area within a monastery or convent to which the religious are normally restricted. c : monastic life. d : a place or state of seclusion. 2. : a covered passage ...

  4. cloister - definition of cloister by the Free Online Dictionary ...

    www.thefreedictionary.com/cloister

    A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle. 2. a. A place, especially a monastery or ...



    Cloister
    A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. Wikipedia

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