Reconstruction illustration showing Cistercian monks working in the Infirmary Cloister at Rievaulx Abbey, as it may have appeared in the mid-thirteenth century. Medicinal herbs for the treatment of the sick were grown in the cloister garden.

Date:
circa 1993 - circa 2005
Location:
Rievaulx Abbey, Infirmary Cloister, Rievaulx, Ryedale, North Yorkshire
Reference:
IC086/013
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This illustration was reproduced on page 27 of the 2006 English Heritage guidebook for Rievaulx Abbey.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC086 Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dunn, Peter

Keywords

Cloister, Infirmary, Medieval Abbey, Medieval Cistercian Monastery