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 of the monastery of st. gall. ]07 The IIospitium for the reception of distinguished Strangers. '^ JTdBc domus liospitihm paria est quoque suscipiendis." This ])uikliiig, which is entered on the sontli side through a vestibule, " u/j/ress/fs,'' comprises the sitting and slcej)ing apartments of the guests of higher rank, chambers for their servants, and stables for their horses. These rooms occnj)y tiie circumference of the building. In the centre of the whole is a large refectory, "donms hospilum ad prmidendum." There are also indicated in the same, a large central fire-hearth, locus fuel, and along the walls tables, " riioisfe,'" and benches, and one of the four doors is flanked by a pair of presses, " torcf/- mata!' Prom the refectory we enter into the four sleej)ing rooms, "caminatce cum led is,'' lying at the two opposite sides of the house, and well furnished with stoves, beds, &c. Two other doors, situated opposite to each other, lead from the refectory into ante-rooms, one of which, the entrance hall of the whole, " ingresstis," is also connected with the chambers of the servants,  ct/hiJia serviforifm ;" the second leads to the stables, "■ stahuJa caballonfw," (in which the mangers, " prasepia, are indicated,) and other useful offices. At a short distance from the hospitinm is a building which contains under one roof, first, the kitchen for the guests, " cu- lina Jiospitum, with the fire-place in the middle of the room ; secondly, the store-room, "prowpfmritim ;" thirdly, the bake- house, pistnmim^' with an oven, "for/iax," side-benches and troughs. Also in an adjoining room, " interenda pasice locus," a table and vessels for wetting and leavening the meal. Lastly we arrive at the brewhouse, " do}in/s coiificiendce celia,'' with fires, and coppers for wetting and malting the grain in the same room, and the cooling apparatus in a separate place, inscribed "hie refrif/eraf/n- eerrisa. The Dwelling of the Porter. Opposite to the hospitinm, and erected against the wall of the church,- are the apartments of the ^ovic', porfarius, also called the ostiarius, one of the first otficials of the monasterv, who receives the guests, and therefore his dwelling is placed without the monastery. It consists of two rooms, namely, his sitting-room, Avarmed by means of a stove,  caminafa por-