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 OF THE MONASTERY OF ST. GALL. 87 one, else he would have finished the one before he demolished the other. The same ahbot set about to reconstruct the whole monastery on an enlarged scale, but did not live to complete it. Abbot Grimaldus succeeded in 841, and in his time Ilartmotus, his sub-ab1)ot, pro abba.s, completed the whole of the claustral edifices, and erected the ahbatla, or residence of the abbot. He also decorated the church with various ornaments. lie constructed for the most part the tomb of St. Gall with the other altars'', the ana/o/jit/u/, or pulpit, and the confession ary, provided silver coronas and other lights for the church, and decorntcd the apse behind the altar of St. Gall with gilding and painting. The plan of the monastery which accompanies this essay is a fac-simile, on a reduced scale, of an original drawing which is preserved in the liln-ary of St. Gall. That it was intended to represent the monastery of St. Gall is shewn by the dedi- cation of the high altar of the church, but it does not appear at first sight whether the plan is a representation of existing buildings or a design for new ones. There is an inscription upon the original, which runs in the following terms : " For thee, my dearest son Gozpertus, have I drawn out this phm of the position and arrangement of the offices, concisely described; with which you may exercise your ingenuity and recognise my friendship, which I trust you have not found slow to satisfy your wishes. Do not imagine that I have worked out this scheme supposing you to stand in need of our artis- tic skill, but rather believe that out of love of thee and in the friendly zeal of brotherhood I have depicted this for your own private criticism. Fare- well," kc." From the terms of this inscription ]Iabillon infers that the person who could thus address Abbot Gozpertus as his son must have been of high dignity, and he supposes that he was no other than the Abbot Eginhardus, who held the office of pre- fect of the royal buildings under Charlemagne, and was well skilled in architecture^ This view he confirms by an inscrip- •1 " Principio vero tumbam S. Galli nem non inveniri confido. Ne susciperis cum reliquis altaribus, et analogic) atuc autcm me liaec idco elaborasse, quod vos confessione ita iniiovari, iiiaxiinaque ex puteiiius nostris indigere magisteriis; sed parte totum ex intcgro fecit edificari, sicut potius, ob ainorem tui, tibi soli perscru- hodie videtur .et cernitur." — Ratp., cap. tanda pinxisse aniicabili fraternitatis in- ix. G. p. 29. tiiitii crede, Vale in Christo semper memor <2 " Hsec tibi dulcissirne fili, Ciozpcrte nostri, Amen." — Mab. Ann., torn. ii. p. de positione officinarum paucis excniplata 57 L direxi, qiiihus sollurtiam exerceas tuam, ' He married Imma the daughter of meamque dcvotioncniuteuii)(|ue cognoscas, CiiarleiTiagne, but after the death of his qua tu;i' bona' voluutati satis facere nie scg- royal master he adopted the monastic life,