I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the churchyard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead.

昨天午后，我一直穿行于这片墓地，教堂和修道院之间，让自己在那些墓石和碑铭中浸溺于死亡的氛围中。

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Even as the Cloisters tiptoes into the 21st century, Met officials are lobbying against a modern intrusion into the Cloisters' view.

WSJ: The Cloisters Opens Up

Peter Barnet, the Met's curator in charge of medieval art and the Cloisters, said he had been hoping for some time to bring in a work of contemporary art that complemented the Cloisters' setting and collection.

WSJ: The Cloisters Opens Up