Mézy-Moulins, La Nativité
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Building Data for Mézy-Moulins, La Nativité

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Aisne
  • Coords: 49.069, 3.5058
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  • Surveyed: 1977, 1980-83, 2015

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Timeline and building units for Mézy-Moulins, La Nativité 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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1170		 83
1180		 100
1190		 62
1200		 44
1210		 20
1220		 gray
1050 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1250

Phases for Mézy-Moulins, La Nativité 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.
1170

Phase 1 - 1170 - nave WN1(a) - 40 Units


Crossing piers, bases to east and piscine with junction in corners, with a number of campaigns for bases in the nave aisle bases on massive octagonal stones, and piers 1-2 possibly compound from shape of sub-plinth; all laid out at the beginning.
1180

Phase 2 - 1180 [1181] - apse (t) - 53 Units


Apse triforium, and were the formeret shafts added at string the same as linkage?
1180

Phase 3 - 1180 [1183] - nave (a) - 30 Units


Nave aisle with south entry and porch
1190

Phase 4 - 1190 - apse (c) - 50 Units


Apse clerestory and vault, flyers
1190

Phase 5 - 1190 - nave 1-2(t) - 50 Units


First two bays nave over arcade, and traces show that the plain wall replaced earlier triforium to shore up tower.
1200

Phase 6 - 1200 - west (t) - 62 Units


Nave triforium continued, crossing vault and tower
1210

Phase 7 - 1210 - nave 1-2 (c,v) - 44 Units


Nave west wall clerestory 1-2
1220

Phase 8 - 1220 - nave 3-4 (c) - 20 Units


Nave clerestory 3-4 and vaults with flyers, with rose