Donnemarie-en-Montois, Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite
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Building Data for Donnemarie-en-Montois, Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite

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  • Type: Abbey
  • Affiliation: Augustinian
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  • Region: Ile-de-France
  • Department: Seine-et-Marne
  • Coords: 48.478, 3.1324
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  • Surveyed: 1972-74, 1977, 1980-83, 2014

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Timeline and building units for Donnemarie-en-Montois, Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite 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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1210		 65
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Phases for Donnemarie-en-Montois, Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite 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.
1160

Phase 1 - 1160 - tower base, 1 - 36 Units


Tower base and level 1 to internal string. This included the base to the south chapel, as the rest was removed with the earlier church.
1180

Phase 2 - 1180 - east - 90 Units


Complex construction sequence in the choir, and presume from the complexity that there were elements of the original church in the way that delayed the bases for the walls and piers; at least five campaigns from the lower courses.
1180

Phase 3 - 1180 [1180] - east (a) - 100 Units


Aisle capitals, arches and vaults
1180

Phase 4 - 1180 - east (g) - 100 Units


Gallery and possibly apse window capitals and arches that may have been one campaign from gallery to clerestory walkway.
1180

Phase 5 - 1180 [1188] - east (c) - 90 Units


Clerestory walkway and the rose window, capitals and start of vaults where the imposts and capitals suggest four campaigns around these bays; there are connections to St-Germer-de-Fly and the tall clerestory of Soissons cathedral.
1210

Phase 6 - 1210 [1212] - nave (a) - 100 Units


Nave aisles in a large number of campaigns; there are five different designs for the plinths of piers and walls, and in the west built the foundations and lower courses for west front, hidden as the present road has been built up, originally not as high, probably with steps at north end.
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1210

Phase 7 - 1210 [1213] - west portals - 60 Units


West wall and portal sculpture.
1210

Phase 8 - 1210 [1219] - nave (t) - 115 Units


Nave triforium and eastern clerestory working from east to west.
1220

Phase 9 - 1220 [1222] - nave (c,v) - 65 Units


Complete nave clerestory and high vaults.