Reredorter(lit. behind the dormitory): Latrines in a monastery or abbey, usually placed east of the cloister.ReredosPainted and/or sculpted screen behind and above an altar.
reredorter A monastic toilet. rib vault Vault (ceiling) of a bay supported by intersecting diagonal weight-bearing ribs Romanesque A style of architecture that flourished in Western Europe between 1050 and 1200, ...
 See also: Architecture, Abbey, Altar, Half-column, Medieval
  
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