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Work Details:

Title:Plan of the Abbey of Saint Gall
Culture/Nationality:Frankish
Style:Carolingian
Date:c. 815-820
Location:Stiftsbibliothek, Saint Gall
Medium:red ink on parchment
Dimensions:113 x 78 cm

 

 

 

 

 
Abbot's House
 
Abbot's House
 
Aerial View East to West
 
Aerial View North to South
 
Aerial View South to North
 
Aerial View West to East
 
Assembly of the plan from 5 separate pieces
 
Church interior
 
Church plan
 
Church seen from the West
 
Drying Kiln, Mortar, and Mill
 
Great Collective Workshop
 
Great Collective Workshop
 
Great Collective Workshop Annex
 
Henhouse, House for Fowlkeepers, Goosehouse
 
Hospice for Pilgrims & Paupers and its Kitchen, Bake, & Brew House
 
Hospice for Pilgrims & Paupers and its Kitchen, Bake, & Brew House
 
House for Coopers and Wheelwrights and Brewers' Granary
 
House for Coopers and Wheelwrights and Brewers' Granary
 
House for Distinguished Guests
 
House for Distinguished Guests
 
House for Distinguished Guests, with annex containing kitchen, bake & brewing facilities
 
House for Sheep and Shepherds
 
House for Sheep and Shepherds
 
House of the Gardener and His Crew and Monks' Vegetable Garden
 
Hypothetical Elevation of the Monastery
 
Kitchen and Bathhouse of Novitiate and Infirmary
 
Kitchen, Bake, and Brew House for Distinguished Guests
 
Kitchen, Bake, and Brew House for Distinguished Guests
 
Measured drawing from the plan
 
Monks' Bake and Brew House
 
Monks' Bake and Brew House
 
Monks' Cemetery and Orchard
 
Monks' Cloister
 
Monks' Cloister and adjacent buildings
 
Novitiate and Infirmary
 
Organization of service facilities
 
Plan of Saint Gall Imposed on a plan of the city in 1965
 
Refectory