The Culture of the Abbey of St. Gall

An Overview

• Author(s): James Cecil King, Werner Vogler,
• Publisher: Belser
• Pages: 252
• ISBN_10: 3763012214
  ISBN_13: 9783763012213
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / European , Art / History / Medieval , Art / Subjects & Themes / Religious ,

Description:... Historical sketch of the Abbey of St. Gall / Werner Vogler -- The St. Gall confraternity of prayer / Dieter Geuenich -- St. Gall's contribution to the liturgy / Ivo Auf der Maur -- The contribution of the Abbey of St. Gall to sacred music / Johannes Duft -- The medieval culture of penmanship in the Abbey of St. Gall / Walter Berschin -- The art of the book in St. Gall / Christoph Eggenberger -- Irish monks and Irish manuscripts in St. Gall / Johannes Duft -- Teaching and learning in the Gallus monastery / Peter Ochsenbein -- Latin literature from St. Gall / Walter Berschin -- German language and literature in St. Gall / Stefen Sonderegger -- The medieval architecture of the Abbey of St. Gall / Heinz Horat -- The culture of Baroque architecture at the Abbey of St. Gall / Hans Martin Gubler -- Literacy in Alemannia and the role of St. Gall / Rosamond McKitterick -- Celtic and Benedictine monasticism in medieval Britain and Ireland / James Cecil King.