Chars, Saint-Sulpice
CHARS

Building Data for Chars, Saint-Sulpice

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Ile-de-France
  • Department: Val-d'Oise
  • Coords: 49.160, 1.9399
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  • Surveyed: 1972-74, 1980-83, 2003, 2014

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Timeline and building units for Chars, Saint-Sulpice 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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1110		 gray 73
1130		 48
1140		 gray 82
1160		 56
1170		 145
1180		 gray
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Phases for Chars, Saint-Sulpice 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.
1110

Phase 1 - 1110 [1118] - w, s walls - 56 Units


Western wall including lateral buttresses with all the south wall, but with a vertical joint 1.5m along the wall; on the interior pier shafts for ribs; no allowance for ribs in the south aisle.
1130

Phase 2 - 1130 [1131] - n wall - 73 Units


North aisle wall with shafts designed for ribs; nave piers, also for ribs, but set out differently to those in the north wall.
1140

Phase 3 - 1140 [1142] - nave (a) - 48 Units


Nave arcade and vaults in three campaigns; taken to top of rings to wall shafts where wall gets thinner; includes window in west wall; both sets of capitals seem from the same campaign.
1160

Phase 4 - 1160 [1160] - nave (c) - 82 Units


Nave clerestory capitals with window sills and high vaults;
1170

Phase 5 - 1170 [1179] - choir (a) - 56 Units


Set out and constructed the choir ambulatory, crossing and transepts very rapidly from the late-70s; much of the upper courses and windows in the ambulatory chapels were replaced later;
1180

Phase 6 - 1180 [1182] - choir (g) - 85 Units


Choir gallery including transepts
1180

Phase 7 - 1180 [1186] - choir (c) - 60 Units


Choir clerestory including transepts and rose windows; vaults completed a century later;