SOUTH RANGE
In both the Plan of St. Gall and Cluny II the refectory
formed the principal mass of the south range, although at
Cluny the refectory was apparently a building of one storey.
It is 90 feet long, 25 feet wide, and 23 feet high. At Cluny
as on the Plan, the monks' kitchen (coquina regularis) lies
at the western end of the refectory in the corner between
refectory and cellar; but at Cluny there is also a kitchen
for laymen (coquina laicorum) not found on the Plan of
St. Gall. The dimensions of the two kitchens of Cluny
are the same, 25 feet by 30 feet. Since the Farfa description
of the house for noblemen and of the hospice for paupers
does not include any reference to kitchens, the coquina
laicorum may represent a consolidation of the formerly
autonomous kitchens of these two houses.[59]
The dimensions of the calefactory at Cluny indicate that
it was part of the south range. It has the same width as the
refectory, 25 feet, distinctly narrower than the buildings
of the dormitory range, which are 34 feet wide. The sequence
of the account suggests that the calefactory was at
the eastern end of the south range. This is a solution
different from that of the Plan of St. Gall, but at the same
time, the position of the calefactory at Cluny next to the
east range might suggest a development from its earlier
position under the dormitory in the east range on the Plan
of St. Gall.[60]
