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HORN, W. & E. BORN. The plan of St Gall. A study of the architecture & economy of, & life in a paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery. Berkeley, (etc.), Univ. of Calif. Press, 1979. 3 vols. Prof. illustr. xxviii, 356; xii, 359; xxxiv, 267 pp. Fol. Ocl. w. red & gilt cf. title labels. Beautifully executed study of the ground plan and edifices of the Medieval St. Gallen Monastery. The first volume offers a reconstruction of the church and the living quarters for a community of monks. The second volume covers the guest and service buildings and the horticultural spaces for growing vegetables, medicinal herbs, and fruit and nut trees. The third volume contains supplemental material. As new.