THE COMMONROOM (CLASSROOM) - Next to the chapterhouse lies the commonroom where the canons pursued their work and study. It is entered from the east walk of the cloister, down a short flight of steps. Chevron style brackets of the Burgundian type support the lintel of the entrance doorway.
The barrel vault of this chamber is reinforced by sturdy square section transverse ribs, chamfered at the corners, which rest on plain square abaci above quadrant corbels. These quadrant corbels are modified by an undercut roll, an unusual feature not found elsewhere in Cyprus. The corbels are a good example of how correct proportions coupled with a restrained design can lend dignity to a simple undecorated chamber. Note that the bracket next to the eastern exit of the common-room is the only one with a moulded abacus: decorative finish to the roughhewn rock was often performed with the stone in situ.
Tile eastern exit allowed access to various ancillary buildings, including the infirmary, all of which lay within the monastic walls. Although there are no signs of it now, a traveller identified a 'huge fireplace' in the common-room when he visited the abbey in the 19th century. It was most probably located in the south wall which separated the commonroom from the chapterhouse. The windows in the east wall are similar to those in the chapterhouse and are blocked up.
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