Orbais-l'Abbaye, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
Building Data for Orbais-l'Abbaye, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
- Type: Abbey
- Affiliation: Benedictine
- Region: Champagne-Ardenne
- Department: Marne
- Coords: 48.950, 3.7007
- Surveyed: 1969, 1972-74, 1977, 1980-83, 2003, 2014
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These draft studies have been written as if all carvings were by an individual whereas they can equally be analysed as template modes employed by a number of carvers. The more personal approach was necessitated by the complexity of the data. The drafts will be reconsidered after I have added the rib vault material to the database. |
Capitals for Orbais-l'Abbaye, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
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The building sequence is based on my on-site analysis of the construction history,
using the techniques developed on the cathedral of Chartres called toichology, and described in a number of publications.
The analysis of some of the smaller churches are more approximate than I would like, and need further analysis.
I have used 'phase' rather than 'campaign' to to identify a contiguous zone with similar elements.
A campaign would be defined by recognisable breaks and construction joints in the fabric: there may be a number of phases within a campaign.
One benefit is that separate programs by subcontractors, such as carvers, may be isolated, which is particularly useful in complex sections, such as portals.
Every phase has been assigned to a decade, so there may be more than one phase in a decade.
While this is certainly imperfect, it will allow us to explore all the data, including costs, across time.
This is an on-going process, so as the data continues to be analyzed, the chronology and costing analysis will be further refined, and the synopsis updated.
Clicking on any of the decade graphics will display all buildings that had work being done during that decade.
The building sequence is based on my on-site analysis of the construction history, using the techniques developed on the cathedral of Chartres called toichology, and described in a number of publications. The analysis of some of the smaller churches are more approximate than I would like, and need further analysis.
I have used 'phase' rather than 'campaign' to to identify a contiguous zone with similar elements. A campaign would be defined by recognisable breaks and construction joints in the fabric: there may be a number of phases within a campaign. One benefit is that separate programs by subcontractors, such as carvers, may be isolated, which is particularly useful in complex sections, such as portals.
Every phase has been assigned to a decade, so there may be more than one phase in a decade.
While this is certainly imperfect, it will allow us to explore all the data, including costs, across time. This is an on-going process, so as the data continues to be analyzed, the chronology and costing analysis will be further refined, and the synopsis updated.
Clicking on any of the decade graphics will display all buildings that had work being done during that decade.
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Phase 2 - 1150s [1155] - choir (d)
choir ambulatory chapel walls with dado arcade as an Add-a-Chapel scheme around the earlier apse.
Rationale for dating : analysed in "The Ark" 5:1017 [*MCS - Fabrice for 1145 - Gamma caps like sRemi (d) could be 1145 or 1165 - Strapper the Intricate and s12]
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- Gripple II - !! - 1150s [1155]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (d)
- Core template
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- Unknown - 1150s [1155]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (d)
- total uncertainty
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- Unknown - 1150s [1155]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (d)
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- Unknown - 1150s [1155]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (d)
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- Unknown - 1150s [1155]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (d)
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Phase 3 - 1150s [1159] - choir (a)
Choir chapels capitals and vaults, with barrel vault to entry to axial chapel; work paused here for more than twenty years.
Rationale for dating : MCS - Fabrice for 1159 - Igor for 1159 as one of the Cog Masters - Gamma in a Recognition rite - Lazare - Strapper the Intricate and an assistant s12.
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- Adrien - 1150s [1159]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 3
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (a)
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- Embrun - !! - 1150s [1159]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 3
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (a)
- Core template
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- Lazare - 1150s [1159]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 3
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (a)
- Core template
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- Unknown - 1150s [1159]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 3
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (a)
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- Unknown - 1150s [1159]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 3
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (a)
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Phase 4 - 1180s [1182] - choir piers
choir drum piers and crossing with aisle vaults and transepts with the start of the nave walls.
Rationale for dating : dedication of two chapels "The Ark" 1:308; MCS #8 "Timetables" [*MCS - Strapper design by Leonard]
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- Unknown - 1180s [1182]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 4
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir piers
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- Unknown - 1180s [1182]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 4
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir piers
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- Unknown - 1180s [1182]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 4
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir piers
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- Unknown - 1180s [1182]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 4
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir piers
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- Unknown - 1180s [1182]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 4
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir piers
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Phase 5 - 1180s [1184] - choir (t)
choir triforium and east walls of transepts
Rationale for dating : decadic range in "The Ark" 1:548
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- Unknown - 1180s [1184]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 5
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (t)
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- Unknown - 1180s [1184]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 5
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (t)
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- Unknown - 1180s [1184]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 5
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (t)
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- Unknown - 1180s [1184]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 5
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (t)
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- Unknown - 1180s [1184]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 5
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (t)
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Phase 7 - 1190s [1197] - choir (c)
Choir clerestory, high vaults and flyers.
Rationale for dating : Decadic range in "The Ark" 1:549; completed during the time of Count Thibaut 1197-1203; M1 in "Templatemakers"; start of tracery dated 1194, see MCS #8
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- Unknown - 1190s [1197]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 7
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (c)
- total uncertainty
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- Unknown - 1190s [1197]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 7
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (c)
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- Unknown - 1190s [1197]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 7
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (c)
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- Unknown - 1190s [1197]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 7
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (c)
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- Unknown - 1190s [1197]
- Orbais-l'Abbaye- Phase 7
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - choir (c)
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