The Cloisters were one of the busiest parts of the Abbey where ... although shutters were used for protection against bad weather. Hay and straw in winter and rushes in summer covered the stone floor ...

The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade around the Cloisters. By Elisabeth Vincentelli The Met Cloisters ...