The Plan of St. Gall a study of the architecture & economy of & life in a paradigmatic Carolingian monastery |
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RECONSTRUCTION OF PILAE ON THE
PLAN OF ST. GALL
Using as a model the trip-hammers of the iron forge of
Spechtshart's Flores Musicae (fig. 455), the trip-hammer of
the monastic smithy of Compludo (fig. 457), and the modern
example described by Meringer (fig. 453), we have reconstructed
the mortars of the Plan of St. Gall as water-driven
crushing hammers whose movement is controlled by the
cogs of a cylindrical drum mounted directly upon the axis
of a waterwheel (fig. 458).
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