Brumetz, Saints-Crépin-et-Crépinien

BRUMETZ

Building Data for Brumetz, Saints-Crépin-et-Crépinien

Type: Abbey
Affiliation: Trinitaires
Region: Picardie
Department: Aisne
Coords: 49.102, 3.1605
Surveyed: 1977, 1980-83, 2003, 2014

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Timeline and building units for Brumetz, Saints-Crépin-et-Crépinien

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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.

		20	20	18		35		38
1050		1130s	1140s	1150s		1190s		1220s	1250

Phases for Brumetz, Saints-Crépin-et-Crépinien

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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.


	Phase 1 - Earlier Existing apse, visible in EN1ne corner and in overhang from tower; the base was built for an apsidiole on the south up to floor level with a buttress on the south side.


	Phase 2 - 1130 [1134] - w crossing - 20 Units The western crossing piers have triplet shafts, designed for a rib vault over the crossing but none to the west; built only a few courses including part of opening into an intended south nave aisle; in a later campaign a few of the lower courses of the west wall were erected


	Phase 3 - 1140 [1144] - crossing e - 20 Units Eastern crossing piers butted up to the apse, probably with solid side walls with dados on each side; capitals to all four crossing piers and vault; the large window to the south was cut through wall at a later date to give more light;


	Phase 4 - 1150 [1156] - nave - 18 Units The nave bay completed to the capitals and vaults; the rest of the west wall with an opening and capitals into an intended south aisle;


	Phase 5 - 1190 [1190] - north - 35 Units North transept in three campaigns;


	Phase 6 - 1220 - apse - 30 Units Old apse demolished; new apse in three campaigns;


	Phase 7 - 1220 [1225] - north aisle - 8 Units One bay of aisle on north side of nave with a passage cut through transept wall;