C. Enlart - image illustrating the "plan of fossanova abbey" (in: "fontenay abbey and cistercian architecture"). A, the church, with its chapels and its choir on a square plan, the crossing surmounted by a dome and a bell tower; b, the cloister, surrounded by regular buildings; c, the chapter house; h, the room reserved for interior work, which occupies the end of the eastern building surmounted by the dormitory; i, the heater; f, the refectory and its reader's chair; g, the sink, under a charming building, according to a photo very kindly communicated by our friend m. C. Enlart: this construction, topped with a pyramid, housed a circular basin now mutilated, after having been transformed into a sort of pedestal table; m, the storeroom with provisions; n, the hostelry for the ecclesiastics, o, the infirmary, carefully isolated, placed, as always, near the watercourse.
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