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CONTENTS: VOLUME I

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	vii
FOREWORD by Wolfgang Braunfels	ix
SYNOPSIS OF THE WORK a schematic outline	xviii
of the arrangement and main divisions of this work in three volumes
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS and CORRIGENDA & ERRATA see Volume III
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS used in this work	xx
PREFACE by Walter Horn	xxi
including an illustration of the Plan with identification of buildings and other features of the Plan, keyed to a trilingual index
I
PREVIOUS LITERATURE, ORIGIN, PURPOSE & SPECIAL PROBLEMS
I.1
PREVIOUS LITERATURE	1
INTRODUCTION I.1.1 The MIDDLE AGES TO MIDDLE 19th CENTURY I.1.2 FIRST MONOGRAPHIC STUDIES I.1.3 ENTRY OF THE SPECIALISTS I.1.4 A NEW ERA: THE FACSIMILE EDITION of 1952 I.1.5 THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM at ST. GALL, 1957 I.1.6 COUNCIL OF EUROPE EXHIBITION KARL DER GROSSE AND ITS IMPETUS I.1.7 THE SCOPE OF THE PRESENT STUDY
I.2
THE DEDICATORY LEGEND
I.2.1 WORDING & IMPLICATIONS	9
I.3
ABBOT GOZBERT, ORDERER & RECEIVER OF THE PLAN	10
I.3.1 GOZBERT'S IDENTITY I.3.2 ST. GALL AT THE TIME OF GOZBERT'S ACCESSION I.3.3 ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS & DECISION TO REBUILD the MONASTERY
I.4
THE MAKER OF THE PLAN: BISHOP HAITO OF BASEL?	11
I.4.1 OTHER CONTENDERS & OTHER VIEWS I.4.2 HAITO the MOST REASONABLE CHOICE
I.5
EXPLANATORY LEGENDS & SCRIPTORIAL HOME OF THE PLAN	13
I.5.1 DISTINCTION BETWEEN GENERAL & SPECIFIC TITLES I.5.2 TWO HANDS REPRESENTING TWO STAGES of DEVELOPMENT in the SCRIPTORIUM of REICHENAU I.5.3 CONCEPT OF AUTHORSHIP & HAITO
I.6
ORIGINAL OR COPY?	15
I.6.1 SOME TECHNICAL OBSERVATIONS
I.7
THE PLAN & ITS RELATION TO THE MONASTIC REFORM MOVEMENT	20
I.7.1 PROTOTYPAL CHARACTER of the PLAN I.7.2 GENERAL AIM of the MONASTIC REFORM MOVEMENT I.7.3 SPECIFIC RULINGS of the MONASTIC REFORM MOVEMENT affecting MONASTIC ARCHITECTURE I.7.4 CONCLUSIONS
I.8
PRESUMABLE DATE OF THE PLAN	25
I.9
THE PROTOTYPE PLAN	27
I.9.1 SOME REFLECTIONS ABOUT IT & ITS RELATION to the CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE
I.10
HOW THE PLAN WAS DRAWN AND ASSEMBLED	35
I.10.1 NUMBER OF SHEETS & SEQUENCE IN WHICH THEY WERE SEWN TOGETHER I.10.2 SUCCESSIVE STAGES IN TRACING THE PLAN
I.11
THE CONCEPTUAL HOMOGENEITY OF THE PLAN	50
I.11.1 HOMOGENEITY IN QUESTION I.11.2 THE CAROLINGIAN CONCEPT OF UNITY (UNITAS): A COUNTER ARGUMENT
I.12
METHOD OF RENDERING	53
I.12.1 USE OF DIFFERENT COLORS FOR DRAWING & EXPLANATORY TITLES I.12.2 COMBINATION OF VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL PROJECTION I.12.3 LACK OF DEFINITION OF WALL THICKNESS I.12.4 DIFFERENTIATION of LEVELS in DOUBLE-STORIED STRUCTURES I.12.5 LACK of SPECIFIC INFORMATION CONCERNING BUILDING MATERIALS I.12.6 DIFFERENTIAL ATTENTION IN RENDERING OF DOORS I.12.7 THE PLAN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
I.13
OMISSIONS AND OVERSIGHTS	65
I.13.1 INTENT OR INADVERTENCY I.13.2 STAIRS I.13.3 DOORS & WINDOWS I.13.4 FIREPLACES & LOUVERS I.13.5 WATERWAYS I.13.6 PERIPHERAL ENCLOSURE WALL I.13.7 PRIVIES I.13.8 KITCHEN FOR SERFS & WORKMEN
I.14
SCALE & CONSTRUCTION METHODS USED IN DESIGNING THE PLAN	77
I.14.1 INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN DRAWING & EXPLANATORY TITLES I.14.2 PREVIOUS INTERPRETATIONS I.14.3 THE SCALE used in DESIGNING the PLAN I.14.4 SCALE of the PLAN & ITS RELATION to the CAROLINGIAN FOOT I.14.5 PURPOSEFUL MODIFICATIONS I.14.6 SUCCESSIVE STAGES in the CONCEPTUAL GROWTH of the LAYOUT OF CHURCH and CLAUSTRUM I.14.7 DIFFICULT OR INSOLUBLE FEATURES I.14.8 CONCLUSIONS I.14.9 CONFIRMING EVIDENCE
I.15
THE PROBLEM OF SCALE AND FUNCTION	112
I.15.1 SCHEMATIC DRAWING OR BUILDING PLAN?
I.16
THE PLAN AND THE ROMAN CASTRUM	114
I.17
NUMERI SACRI 3 4 7 10 12 40	118
II
THE MONASTERY CHURCH
II.1
DESCRIPTION	127
INTRODUCTION II.1.1 APPROACH II.1.2 ATRIUM II.1.3 TOWERS II.1.4 WESTERN APSE II.1.5 AISLES II.1.6 NAVE II.1.7 TRANSEPT II.1.8 PRESBYTERY II.1.9 EASTERN APSE II.1.10 CRYPT II.1.11 SACRISTY & VESTRY II.1.12 SCRIPTORIUM & LIBRARY II.1.13 EASTERN PARADISE
II.2
RECONSTRUCTION	159
II.2.1 THE CHURCH AS DEFINED in the DRAWING II.2.2 THE CHURCH in light of its CORRECTIVE TITLES
II.3
HISTORICAL EVALUATION	187
II.3.1 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE CHURCH II.3.2 LENGTH OF THE CHURCH II.3.3 EXTENDED EASTERN ALTAR SPACE (FORE CHOIR) II.3.4 DISENGAGED CROSSING II.3.5 CRYPTS II.3.6 COUNTER APSE II.3.7 SEMICIRCULAR ATRIA II.3.8 DETACHED TOWERS II.3.9 PLURALITY OF ALTARS II.3.10 SQUARE SCHEMATISM
III
THE CLOISTERS AND THE ABBOT'S HOUSE
III.1
THE CLOISTER OF THE MONKS	241
III.1.1 LAYOUT III.1.2 THE "SCATTERED" PLAN of the IRISH MONASTERIES III.1.3 FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE SQUARE CLOISTER III.1.4 CLOISTER YARD III.1.5 DORMITORY & WARMING ROOM III.1.6 MONKS' PRIVY III.1.7 MONKS' LAUNDRY & BATHHOUSE III.1.8 REFECTORY & VESTIARY III.1.9 MONKS' KITCHEN III.1.10 CELLAR & LARDER III.1.11 PARLOR
III.2
NOVITIATE AND INFIRMARY	311
III.2.1 TWO AUTONOMOUS CLOISTERS in a SYMMETRICAL BUILDING COMPLEX III.2.2 TWO CHAPELS in a CHURCH INTERNALLY HALVED III.2.3 NOVITIATE III.2.4 INFIRMARY III.2.5 KITCHEN & BATHHOUSES III.2.6 SCHEME OF THE COMPLEX III.2.7 NOVITIATE & INFIRMARY COMPLEX in the CONTEXT of the WHOLE PLAN III.2.8 RECONSTRUCTION
III.3
THE ABBOT'S HOUSE	321
III.3.1 THE AULA III.3.2 OTHER BUILDINGS of the SAME TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION III.3.3 RECONSTRUCTION III.3.4 THE ABBOT'S RIGHT TO LIVE in a SEPARATE HOUSE III.3.5 LATER PRACTICES
IV
THE MONASTIC POLITY
INTRODUCTION	327
IV.1
THE MONASTIC OFFICIALS	330
IV.1.1 THE ABBOT (ABBAS) IV.1.2 THE PROVOST OR PRIOR IV.1.3 THE DEAN (DECANUS) IV.1.4 THE CELLARER (CELLARARIUS) IV.1.5 THE CHAMBERLAIN (CAMERARIUS) IV.1.6 THE PORTER (OSTIARIUS) IV.1.7 THE WARDEN OF THE SICK (CUSTOS INFIRMORUM) IV.1.8 THE MASTER OF NOVICES (MAGISTER PULSANTIUM) IV.1.9 THE SACRISTAN (CUSTOS ECCLESIAE) IV.1.10 THE CHOIRMASTER (CANTOR) IV.1.11 THE LIBRARIAN (BIBLIOTHECARIUS or ARMARIUS) IV.1.12 THE KEEPER OF CHARTERS (CUSTOS CARTARUM)
IV.2
THE MONKS	337
IV.2.1 ELIGIBILITY & BACKGROUND IV.2.2 NOVICES & OBLATES IV.2.3 DAILY ROUTINE
IV.3
LAYMEN	341
IV.3.1 THE MONASTERY'S INDUSTRIAL & AGRICULTURAL FORCE OF LABOR
IV.4
NUMBER OF MONKS AND SERFS	342
IV.4.1 MONKS (RELIGIOSI) IV.4.2 WORKMEN, SERFS, & SERVANTS (FAMILIA)
IV.5
THE MONASTERY'S MILITARY OBLIGATIONS	347
IV.5.1 MEN & HORSES FOR BATTLE & OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
IV.6
THE MONASTERY AS A MANORIAL CORPORATION	349
IV.6.1 OUTLYING ESTATES
IV.7
THE MONASTERY AS A CULTURAL INSTITUTION	351
IV.7.1 SUPERIORITY IN MORAL & IN MANAGERIAL STANDARDS IV.7.2 SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGICAL STANDARDS IV.7.3 SUPERIOR STANDARDS IN THE ART OF WINE MAKING & IN LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF WINE AND BEER IV.7.4 SUPERIOR METHODS OF SANITATION IV.7.5 CULTIVATION OF LINGUISTIC & INTELLECTUAL SKILLS IV.7.6 THE MONASTIC TIMETABLE & ITS EFFECT UPON THE CREATION OF A MODERN CONCEPT OF TIMING IV.7.7 DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CONCEPTS IN ARCHITECTURE
INDEX TO THE WORK, see Volume III
See also Synopsis of the Work, a comprehensive abstract of the plan of this work, next page

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