CLARIFYING DIRECTIVES ISSUED AT AACHEN
The first synod of Aachen (816) attempted to solve this
problem, and Bishop Haito, in accordance with a directive
issued there, ruled that the craftsmen "be instructed to
perform their work henceforward not without, as heretofore,
but within the monastic enclosure" (non forinsecus
sicut actenus, sed intrinsecus).[416]
The Plan of St. Gall conforms
with this rule and provides for two large buildings to take
care of these activities: a Great Collective Workshop, in
which the majority of the monastery's workmen and craftsmen
work and live, and a House for the Coopers and Wheelwrights.
The Great Collective Workshop lies directly south
of the Refectory, between the Granary and the Monks'
Bake and Brew House; the House for the Coopers and
Wheelwrights is at the southwestern end of the claustral
block, in convenient proximity to the Monks' Cellar and
the House for Horses and Oxen.
