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The Collation reading The
monks assembled in the north cloister walk for the daily Collation
reading. The reader waited at the lectern with his book open in
preparation until the abbot arrived, and when he did so each monk
bowed as he passed. The abbot sat opposite the reader, the monks
occupied stone benches. At the end of the reading the monks faced
eastwards to bow and salute, as this is the direction from which
Christ, it was believed, would return
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