 Martin Schröters Werk zum Cistercienserkloster Reinfeld (Das Kloster Reinfeld: eine geistliche Institution im Umfeld der Hansestadt Lübeck 1186/90 - 1582) war unter anderem deswegen so faszinierend, weil der Forscher anhand von Archivalien ein verschollenes Kloster hat wieder erstehen lassen. Lange hatte es geheißen, dass nichts mehr bekannt sei von dem Kloster, und dass es ungenügende Archivbestände gebe. Nun geht die "Auferstehung" von Reinfeld weiter. Eine Art Jugendbauhütte, der "Geschichtserlebnisraum Roter Hahn" in Lübeck-Kücknitz, ist ein 1:1 Modell vom Urbau Reinfeld, das Kloster in seiner Holz-Fachwerk-Version. Die Anlage wurde liebevoll von Zimmerleuten, Geschichtsinteressierten und Fachleuten rekonstruiert. 
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 The picture of St. Bernard shown above is from the title page of the Chronicon Cisterciensis Ordinis (Cologne, 1614). The unusual thing about it is Bernard carrying a pillar. He is often presented with other instruments (nails, sponge, spear) used to torture Christ during the Passion, but rarely is there a pillar. It is, however, established as one of the passion instruments and is venerated as such, as the image below clearly demonstrates.   It used to be very difficult to help guests find their way through a monastic breviary. Often, monks use two or even three different books during choir, and if the liturgy is in Latin, it can be very daunting for guests, almost impossible, to find their way. Now, some abbeys have solved that problem by providing a single QR code. Smartphones do have their advantages.
 This is the facade of the once-famous San Bernardo alle Terme, seat of the influential Feuillants, a splitter group within the Cistercian movement who took their name from Feulliant Abbey, where their founder Jean de la Barrière was abbot. The movement had a French and an Italian wing, with the Italians soon dominating and having their administrative seat in San Bernardo alle Terme, located very conventiently near the Diocletian Baths in Rome and today just a jump from Termini train station.  |
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