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This is not, as represented, a ground plan of the Abbey of St Gall, but rather a ground plan of an idealized monastery that belonged to the community of St. Gall. (A common mistake, but one that could easily have been avoided.)

See this work (http://www.amazon.com/Plan-St-Gall-Architecture-Paradigmatic/dp/B001AXEMM8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222107359&sr=1-2) for the complete story.