Mantes-la-Jolie, Notre-Dame
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Building Data for Mantes-la-Jolie, Notre-Dame

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  • Type: Collegiate
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  • Region: Ile-de-France
  • Department: Yvelines
  • Coords: 48.990, 1.7202
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  • Surveyed: 1969, 1972-74, 1977, 1980-83, 2014

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Timeline and building units for Mantes-la-Jolie, Notre-Dame 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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1150		 280
1160		 527
1170		 280
1180		 360
1190		 290
1200		 200
1210		 180
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1050 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1240s 1250

Phases for Mantes-la-Jolie, Notre-Dame 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.
Earlier

Phase 1 - Earlier - earlier church


Some part of an earlier church remained within the western bays, especially on the south, even to the 1240s evidenced in the pier capitals.
1150

Phase 2 - 1150 [1156] - W-c (b) - 22 Units


Central door bases and jambs, but to different designs on the north side compared to the south; with possible connections further to the right and to the interior to an earlier church; the central door seems to have been built before the north, the only indication being a suture to the left of the capitals of four courses which is level with the underside of the northern capitals; the rebuilt flanking buttresses obscure any other toichological evidence. The different designs for the plinths on each side may reflect two campaigns at different times or two masters working at the same time to different concepts; the torus courses on both sides are the same and look like being a later campaign to the lower plinths.
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1150

Phase 3 - 1150 [1157] - W-c (a) - 30 Units


Uppermost jambs to central door with capitals and imposts and possibly some sculpture. The aisle capitals on the inside on the west wall seem stylistically from the same period, and are earlier than those at the western end of the church.
1150

Phase 4 - 1150 [1158] - W-n (b) - 22 Units


Bases and start of jambs to W-north door built out of step with centre, and possibly afterwards.
1150

Phase 5 - 1150 [1159] - W-n (a) - 30 Units


Uppermost north door jambs with capitals and imposts, possibly sculpture; from the broken coursing to the left of the central door these capitals were carved after those to the centre, even though they are much lower.
1160

Phase 6 - 1160 - church (b) - 280 Units


Entire foundation for piers and walls all around building to top of plinths with start of eastern piers, which was slightly more advanced than the west, and EN stairs.
1170

Phase 7 - 1170 [1177] - church (a) - 200 Units


Most aisle capitals, arcade arches and aisle vaults over six campaigns from east to west with four campaigns in the arcade arches
1170

Phase 8 - 1170 [1179] - east (g) - 187 Units


Piers and capitals to eastern gallery.
1170

Phase 9 - 1170 - west portals - 140 Units


Completes erection of two western portals before westernmost arcade archescould be erected; possibility that the western sculpture may have been completed earlier and waited for this moment to be erected.
1180

Phase 10 - 1180 - nave (g) - 280 Units


Completes eastern gallery, continues into nave gallery to sixth piers, and decided to use flyers as no reduction in apsidal buttresses.
1190

Phase 11 - 1190 [1197] - east (c) - 180 Units


Eastern clerestory capitals, clerestory windows and start of vaults.
1190

Phase 12 - 1190 [1199] - nave w(g) - 180 Units


Rest of gallery to the west
1200

Phase 13 - 1200 - east (v) - 90 Units


Eastern high vaults in two tranches and flyers.
1200

Phase 14 - 1200 - west (g) - 90 Units


West bay gallery level with screens and Bronze details
1200

Phase 15 - 1200 [1200] - west (c) - 110 Units


Western bay clerestory to rose window with Scarlet corbels.
1210

Phase 16 - 1210 - west (v) - 200 Units


Completion of vaults over western bays.
1220

Phase 17 - 1220 - w towers - 180 Units


West towers in a number of campaigns.
1240

Phase 18 - 1240 - s nave (a)5-6 - 24 Units


Removal of vestiges of older church that had supported the gallery with building of south nave piers 5-6, and replaced the piers