... than he is at the abbey. This prototypical Benedictine community was not intended to be built, so the designers were freed from practical constraints like lot size, features of the site, or economics. Like the abbey, St. Gall was a self-contained community. Intended to house 270 people, both monks and laymen, it contained all the functions necessary to sustain body and ... with the outside world, as the Benedictine Rule mandated. Like the abbey, it included a library, a church, a cloister, a bathhouse, an infirmary, accommodations for animals, and ancillary services. A glance at St. Gal...

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