Mont-Saint-Michel Dam, La Caserne

The bronze railings on the dam feature the "Pupitre des Lettres" (Lectern of Letters) - four alphabets engraved to honor the medieval monks who worked in the Mont's scriptorium. Hebrew and Arabic read right to left (east to west, matching the site's orientation), while Greek and Latin read left to right. The Latin text uses Carolingian minuscule script, developed during Charlemagne's reign.