Villers-Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul
capitals in each phase
Building Data for Villers-Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul
- Type: Parish
- Affiliation:
- Region: Picardie
- Department: Oise
- Coords: 49.287, 2.4918
- Surveyed: 1977, 1980-83, 2003, 2005, 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 Villers-Saint-Paul, Saint-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 - 1100s [1103] - nave (a)
Nave arcade and north aisle wall.
Rationale for dating : Analysis in The Ark 3:699; date suits development of Faceter;
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- Pietro - ! - 1100s [1103]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 2
- Saint-Paul - nave (a)
- Core template
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- Pietro - ! - 1100s [1103]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 2
- Saint-Paul - nave (a)
- Core template
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- Oda - 1100s [1103]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 2
- Saint-Paul - nave (a)
- Core template
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- Pietro - ? - 1100s [1103]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 2
- Saint-Paul - nave (a)
- Core template
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- Esteban - 1100s [1103]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 2
- Saint-Paul - nave (a)
- Core template
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Phase 3 - 1130s [1130] - w portal 1
West portal stage I, bonded into south aisle wall.
Rationale for dating : The stone has been badly blackened from fumes and weathering, so that many details are hard to read, but the changes to profiles and carving style indicate that the west portal was carved in two campaigns. The impost profiles change over the outer shafts that support the three outer voussoirs, and above them the gable roof. The lower coursing and plinths have some replacements and restoration, and the possibility remains that the lower courses of all seven columns could have been started at the same time.
Nevertheless, the masonry does suggest that the inner three shafts of the portal were built with the aisle arcade of the nave, and the outer part with the upper walls of the nave.
The evidence for two stages of construction (at least at the level of the capitals) is confirmed in the design of the capitals themselves. The spindly attenuated quality of the inner portal capitals is similar to those in the nave aisle, and with the Bethancourt and Catenoy portals, and the Fitz-James and Foulangues crossings.
The more coherent and solid capitals from the outer portal could be compared with the Saint-Leud’Esserent narthex, Poissy and the Lavilletertre portal.
The Gripple capitals are found in both campaigns. The earlier is like Saint-Leu where the bouquet dips downwards with fronds emerging from the sides, while the later is more refined like Monchy, for the ring has been opened wide and the fronds spread more thinly across the surface.
Analysed in "The Ark" 5:1730 [*MCS - the Duchess - Gripple with spindly design so after Bury, and before Auvers for 1119]
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- Frothy - ! - 1130s [1130]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 3
- Saint-Paul - w portal 1
- Core template
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- Unknown - 1130s [1130]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 3
- Saint-Paul - w portal 1
- total uncertainty
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- knotter - 1130s [1130]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 3
- Saint-Paul - w portal 1
- Core template
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- Gripple - ! - 1130s [1130]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 3
- Saint-Paul - w portal 1
- Core template, details suggest another carver
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- Gripple - ++ - 1130s [1130]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 3
- Saint-Paul - w portal 1
- Core template, details suggest another carver
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Phase 4 - 1130s [1130] - w portal 2
West portal stage II up to impost,
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- Felix - !! - 1130s [1130]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 4
- Saint-Paul - w portal 2
- Core template, details suggest another carver
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- Felix - !! - 1130s [1130]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 4
- Saint-Paul - w portal 2
- Core template, details suggest another carver
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- Felix - !! - 1130s [1130]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 4
- Saint-Paul - w portal 2
- Core template, details suggest another carver
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- Unknown - 1130s [1130]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 4
- Saint-Paul - w portal 2
- total uncertainty
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- Unknown - 1130s [1130]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 4
- Saint-Paul - w portal 2
- total uncertainty
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Phase 5 - 1130s [1135] - nave (c)
West gable and nave clerestory with west wall with twin windows and oculus, but cant tell for sure as external stones replaced, but from interior capital and connections between coursing on the inside seem contemporary; cornice interesting.
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- Unknown - ! - 1130s [1135]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 5
- Saint-Paul - nave (c)
- Core template
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- Unknown - ! - 1130s [1135]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 5
- Saint-Paul - nave (c)
- Core template
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- Unknown - 1130s [1135]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 5
- Saint-Paul - nave (c)
- total uncertainty
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Phase 6 - 1230s [1230] - choir n (d)
north wall of choir laid out with start of dado, possibly did not include footings for all choir walls, and was followed a little later with the bases to tower and east of the choir that was placed in second bay to leave old apse in place.
Rationale for dating : decadic range "The Ark" 2:1455
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- Unknown - 1230s [1230]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 6
- Saint-Paul - choir n (d)
- total uncertainty
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- Unknown - 1230s [1230]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 6
- Saint-Paul - choir n (d)
- total uncertainty
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- Unknown - 1230s [1230]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 6
- Saint-Paul - choir n (d)
- total uncertainty
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- Unknown - 1230s [1230]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 6
- Saint-Paul - choir n (d)
- total uncertainty
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- Unknown - 1230s [1230]
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 6
- Saint-Paul - choir n (d)
- total uncertainty
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Phase 8 - 1230s - south (d)
south walls and dado and all walls to lower vaults, began northern tracery and ready to remove existing apse, which may have had 3 chapels in this confined space; the three crossing piers started in separate campaigns; a large campaign that included the tower room over vaultfrom the two slot windows in stairs and that all treads the same.
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- Unknown - 1230s []
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 8
- Saint-Paul - south (d)
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- Unknown - 1230s []
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 8
- Saint-Paul - south (d)
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- Unknown - 1230s []
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 8
- Saint-Paul - south (d)
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- Unknown - 1230s []
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 8
- Saint-Paul - south (d)
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- Unknown - 1230s []
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 8
- Saint-Paul - south (d)
- total uncertainty
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Phase 9 - 1230s - crossing
three crossing piers; NE2 vault for tower and vault to room over
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- Unknown - 1230s []
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 9
- Saint-Paul - crossing
- total uncertainty
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- Unknown - 1230s []
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 9
- Saint-Paul - crossing
- total uncertainty
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- Unknown - 1230s []
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 9
- Saint-Paul - crossing
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- Unknown - 1230s []
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 9
- Saint-Paul - crossing
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- Unknown - 1230s []
- Villers-Saint-Paul- Phase 9
- Saint-Paul - crossing
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