The plan itself is on two sheets of parchment, and is so large (312 by 412 ft.) that only a small portion of it can be reproduced here, and that on a reduced scale.
The whole group of buildings was apparently meant to occupy a space of about 450 ft. by 300. On the north side of the church (a a) was situated the abbot's lodging (b), with a covered way into the church, and an arcade on either face: his kitchen and offices being detached and situated to the eastward. To the westward of this was the public school (c), and still farther in the same direction the hospitium or guest-house (d d), with accommodation attached to it for the horses and servants of strangers.
Beyond the abbot's house to the eastward was the dispensary (e), and beyond that again the residence of the doctor (f), with his garden for medical herbs and simples at the extreme corner of the monastery.
To the eastward of the great church was situated another small double-apse church (g g), divided into two by a Avail across the centre. On either side of this church was a cloister, surrounded by apartments: that on the north was the infirmary, next to the doctor's residence, and to it the western portion of the chapel was attached. The other was the school and residence of the novices. Beyond these was the orchard (h), which was also the cemetery of the monks; and still farther to the southward were situated the kitchen-garden, the poultry-yard, the granaries, mills, bakehouses, and other offices. These last are not shown in the woodcut for want of space.
On the south side of the church was situated the great cloister (i), and further to the south of this was the refectory (j), with a detached kitchen (k), which also opened into the great wine-cellar (l); and opposite to this was the dormitory (m), with its various dependent buildings.
To the westward was another hospitium (n), apparently for an inferior class of guests; and to the southward and westward (o o) were placed the stables for horses, cattle, sheep, and all the animals required for so large an establishment, the whole arranged with as much skill and care as can be found in the best modern farms.
The principal point of interest is the church, which was designed to be 200 ft. long from east to west and 20 ft. in width, divided into three aisles by two rows of columns; the side aisle being 40, the outer each 20 ft. in width. It has two apses; the principal one towards the east has a vaulted crypt, in which is a confessio, meant to contain the relics of the patron saint, St. Gall. In front of this is a choir, arranged very much on the model of that of S. Clemente at Rome, before described.[1] The western apse, on the same level as the floor of the
- ↑ See vol. i. p. 408.
