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112 DESCRIPTION OF THE ANCIENT PLAN makers, "sufores," saddlers (or stool makers), "seilarii," sword- cutlers, (or rather knife-cutlers,) and grinders, emunclatores etjpo- litores fflacUorum, shield-makers, (or trencher makers *= ?) "scuta- rii," carvers in wood, statuaries, or turners, " tornatores, cur- riers, " coriarii In the smaller building, which is separated from the former by an open space, are three workshops, one of which is appropriated to the goldsmiths, " aurifices," who have to make in monasteries altar-pieces of silver and gold foil, re- liquaries, costly bindings for books, frequently set with precious stones, book-clasps, &c. The other workshops are for smiths, " fabri ferramentorum, and fullers, "■fuUones." Their dwell- ings, " eorimdem mansiunculce," are behind the workshops. The Working-house, Granary, place for drying Fruit, Mills, &c. " Hie Jiabeat frafrum semper sua vota minister ! This long house comprises the workshops of the coopers, " tunnariorum domus, and of other workers in wood com- prised under the general phrase " tornarioriim,, for this word appears to have mcXudiQA joiners iand carvers, as well as those which are now called turners. The dormitories of the work- men, " famulorum cubilia, are behind the workshops. Under the same roof are the granaries and the thrashing-floors, for the grain intended and prepared for brewing beer, '^ granariuni itbi 7nundatum frumentmn servetur et quod ad cervisam prapa- ratur." The thrashing-floor is a cruciform space in the centre of the building, in the angles whereof are bins for the grain, " repositoria earundem rerum." Opposite to the convent bakehouse and brewhouse, and standing side by side, are three houses or sheds, of equal ex- tent and similar arrangements. In one of these is the place for drying grain or fruit, (probably a malt-house,) " locus ad torrendas annonas In a second are two large mortars, " pil(B ;" and in a third the hand-mills, "mola. In each of these three buildings there is an inner room, which serves as a dormitory for the workmen. The large Granary. " Horreum vel repositio fructuum annaliumy This is a barn of large extent, with entrances (probably ■^ ScuteUa is a trencher, and scuteUarius a trencher maker.