Lorna Price (1935–2020)

The Plan of Saint Gall (ca. 820 AD) is one of my favorite things in the world. Ever since I wrote the linked Wikipedia article years ago, I've wanted to see the 3-volume treaties written by Horn and Born (1979), a highlight of modern book making, but alas it is rare and costs thousands of dollars. Luckily in 1982 they also published a "brief" that gives a taste of the main book at a reasonable price. Even the brief is a huge book, 14" tall with detailed pen and ink drawings and blueprints, it sort of feels like a medieval manuscript. Well worth it for anyone with a passing interest in medieval monasteries, it also probably influenced Umberto Eco in The Name of the Rose.… (más)