St. Gall Monastary Plan
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St. Gall Monastary Plan

Realizing Conceptualizations

2D Models of the Monastery Plan

3D Models of the Monastery Plan



2D Models

Several scholars have created a two-dimensional rendering of their conceptualization of a monastary that might have been built from the Plan.

Karl Lasius, 1876

Karl Lasius: Drawing

Shown first in: J. Rudolf Rahn, Geschichte der bildenden Künste in der Schweiz, Zürich 1876, 87 - 98.
Reproduced in: Walter Horn and Ernest Born, The Plan of St. Gall.

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Ernst Fiechter-Zollikofer, 1936

Ernst Fiechter-Zollikofer:drawing

Shown in: Ernst Fiechter-Zollikofer, Etwas vom St. Galler Klosterplan aus der Zeit um 820.
Reproduced in: Walter Horn and Ernest Born, The Plan of St. Gall.

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Karl Gruber, 1937

Karl Gruber: Drawing

Shown in: Karl Gruber, Die Gestalt der Deutschen Stadt.
Reproduced in: Walter Horn and Ernest Born, The Plan of St. Gall.

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Alan Sorell, 1965

Alan Sorell

Shown in: David Talbot Rice (Ed.), The Dark Ages, The Making of European Civilization, London 1965.

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3D Models

Some scholars realized their conceptualizations in three-dimensional models.
We provide QTVR displays of four of the five known models. The links "base resolutions" or "high resolution" below create a new browser window with the Quicktime plugin. Each must load a QuickTime panorama of the given physical model and may take sevearl seconds to load. The size of the file to be downloaded in indicated on "mouse over". The panoramas initialize with a "plan view" of the model, then as you drag (select and hold) the cursor right or left across the scene the view will rotate around the model.
The QTVR models are courtesy of Michael and Barry Gross.

Walter Horn, 1965

Walter Horn: first model

Image of model first shown in Aachen as part of the 1965 exhibition, „Karl der Große, Werk und Wirkung“.
Model now in Museum Burg Frankenberg, Aachen.

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Historical Association of the Canton St. Gall, 1877

Leemann: Model

Model in the Historical Museum of the City of St. Gall.
QTVR model - base resolution : hi resolution.

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Walter Horn and Ernest Born, 1979

Walter Horn: Model

Model in the Lapidarium of the Abbey of St. Gall.
QTVR model - base resolution : hi resolution.

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Hans Gelbhaar, 1991

Han Gelbhaar: Model

Model in the Library of the Abbey of St. Gall.
QTVR model - base resolution : hi resolution.

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Walter Studer, 1996

Walter Studer: Model

Model in ETH Zürich.
QTVR model - base resolution : hi resolution.

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