Annual Exhibition Abbey Archives 2021
Design: @atelier_andrea_gassner, www.atelierandreagassner.at
Aqua – Monks and water
Annual exhibition in the exhibition space of the St Gall Abbey Archives
28 January 2021 to 26 January 2022
In early medieval founding histories, there is hardly a miraculous
event that does not take place on or near water. For monks, water had,
above all, a spiritual significance. The use of this resource was
therefore closely interwoven with the religious culture of a monastery.
Aware of the necessity of water for survival, the monks would build
their monasteries close to watercourses or lakes. Often, the name of the
water source would supersede that of the saint who founded the
monastery.
Exhibition catalogue in German