The Convent of St Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the 8th century to its secularization in 1805, one of the most important in Europe. Its library is one of the ...

The Convent of St Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the 8th century to its secularization in 1805, one of the most important in Europe. Its library is one of the ...

The dedication of the plan / photo Horn/Born, The Plan of St.Gall, t.1, p.8, fig.2 The plan is dedicated ... Today it is considered that the plan does not show the layout or plan of a specific ...

Graphic Arts holds a small collection of sample bindings and sewing structures, which includes this facsimile of a Carolingian carved ivory book cover. “According to a monastic writer at St Gall, the ...

The Convent of Müstair, which stands in a valley in the Grisons, is a good example of Christian monastic renovation during the Carolingian period ... The Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair, ...