Ferté-Alais, La, Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
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Building Data for Ferté-Alais, La, Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

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  • Type: Abbey
  • Affiliation: Benedictine
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  • Region: Ile-de-France
  • Department: Essonne
  • Coords: 48.482, 2.3473
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  • Surveyed: 1980-83, 1992-98, 2014

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Timeline and building units for Ferté-Alais, La, Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption 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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1160		 78
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Phases for Ferté-Alais, La, Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption 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.
1130

Phase 1 - 1130 [1137] - east, south (a) - 70 Units


Lower walls to apse and south chapel for rib vaults, and nave walls to about 20 courses, including the two small western windows; the larger north chapel bases in a separate campaign.
1130

Phase 2 - 1130 [1139] - east (c) - 66 Units


Upper walls of apse with lower walls of north chapel and lower transept walls in a series of campaigns.
1140

Phase 3 - 1140 [1140] - nave (c) - 70 Units


Nave extended over the old walls with corbels for rib vaults and the west portal added over the earlier wall, with western crossing capitals and lastly, the crossing and transept vaults.
1140

Phase 4 - 1140 [1141] - south (c) - 125 Units


Crossing and upper south transept completed.
1160

Phase 5 - 1160 [1162] - north (a,c) - 62 Units


North transept and chapel vaulted with level 1 of the tower.
1170

Phase 6 - 1170 - tower II - 78 Units


Tower II, spire