Acy-en-Multien, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
construction history in phases

Building Data for Acy-en-Multien, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Oise
  • Coords: 49.103, 2.9542
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  • Surveyed: 1972-74, 1980-83, 1992-98, 2003, 2015

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Studies 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.
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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.

Timeline and building units for Acy-en-Multien, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul A 'building unit' is an arbitrary unit of work based on bulk billing techniques used by quantity surveyors. The unit is small enough to provide realistic figures in the small churches without becoming too huge in the large. Six units would pay for one small vaulted bay in an aisle about 3 metres square, or a small first-floor gallery. Such a bay would consist of an external wall with a small window, half of two columns about 3 meters tall, the floor and footings under them and the vault and roof overhead.
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A 'building unit' is an arbitrary unit of work based on bulk billing techniques used by quantity surveyors. The unit is small enough to provide realistic figures in the small churches without becoming too huge in the large. Six units would pay for one small vaulted bay in an aisle about 3 metres square, or a small first-floor gallery. Such a bay would consist of an external wall with a small window, half of two columns about 3 meters tall, the floor and footings under them and the vault and roof overhead.

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Phases for Acy-en-Multien, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul 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. <p>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. <p>Every phase has been assigned to a decade, so there may be more than one phase in a decade. <p>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. <p>Clicking on any of the decade graphics will display all buildings that had work being done during that decade.
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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.
1080

Phase 1 - 1080 - apse - 25 Units


Apsidiole and two bays to west crossing piers, probably timber roof.
1090

Phase 2 - 1090 [1090] - tower base - 72 Units


Base to south tower with rib vaults, while shortly afterwards the lower courses of the west crossing piers and nave piers to the second bay, and then in the next campaign the next bay; no vaults were planned for the aisles; lower two stages of the square tower.
1130

Phase 3 - 1130 [1133] - nave (a) - 92 Units


Nave aisle capitals, arcade arches and corbels for vaults with heights that were altered in a later campaign.
1130

Phase 4 - 1130 [1135] - crossing w1 - 60 Units


Western crossing piers to capitals and arch
1130

Phase 5 - 1130 [1136] - nave (c) - 65 Units


The spandrel over the arch built with the upper walls of nave to the top of the clerestory capitals.
1130

Phase 6 - 1130 [1138] - east (a) - 80 Units


Two eastern bays between old apse and the west crossing arch; opening left for transepts; two bays between apsidiole and nave removed.
1150

Phase 7 - 1150 [1155] - tower III, spire - 60 Units


Third level of tower with octagonal plan and very thin spire that may have been many years in the making; reinforcing haunches in the corners to create stability many years later.
1180

Phase 8 - 1180 - east (v) - 14 Units


Eastern vaults completed.