[MR] BOOK OF INTEREST TO SCADIANS

[Garth G. Groff]

Friends,

I have just received LIFE IN THE MEDIEVAL CLOISTER by Julie Kerr (ISBN 
9781847251619; our call # BX2470 .K47 2009). This is a very interesting 
and easy to read (for a scholarly work) description of the day-to-day 
life of monks and nuns in the late middle-ages. It covers the daily 
routine (ever wondered what monks did at Prime?), what they wore, how 
they ate, and the rules of their houses. On the latter, there is a very 
amusing chapter on how those rules were too often broken, by plundering 
brothers from other houses after holy relics, or by randy monks and nuns 
who should have known better. It is complete with ten period 
illustrations from manuscripts, though sadly in black-and-white. This is 
great background material, and I am looking forward to checking this 
book out and reading the whole thing.

Kind regards,


Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir's Unofficial Librarian
(mka Garth Groff, Cataloger, UVA Libraries