cyte

cyte, f.n: cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell. (KUE-tuh / ˈky-tə)

Medieval manuscript image of a veiled woman looking out the window of a small stone cell with a cross, outside of which stands a bishop.
Pontifical; England, c. 1400-1410; Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 079, f. 95v. [parker.stanford.edu]

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