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minstrels' gallery: tags: [architecture]

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A minstrels' gallery is a form of balcony, often inside the great hall of a castle or manor house, and used to allow musicians (originally minstrels) to perform, sometimes discreetly hidden from the guests below. [...]

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Isn’t there a minstrels’ gallery at Manderley, and some very valuable portraits?

Daphne du Maurier. Rebecca (1938)

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