Montlevon, Saint-Martin
MONTLEVO

Building Data for Montlevon, Saint-Martin

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  • Type: Abbey
  • Affiliation: Augustinian
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Aisne
  • Coords: 48.965, 3.5394
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  • Surveyed: 1980-83, 2015

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Timeline and building units for Montlevon, Saint-Martin 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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Phases for Montlevon, Saint-Martin 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.
1080

Phase 1 - 1080 [1080] - chapels - 24 Units


Three eastern chapels laid out and walls begun, probably in at least 5 campaigns; the north just an apsidiole.
1080

Phase 2 - 1080 [1085] - crossing - 36 Units


Crossing piers, arch lower than nave aisles, with large spans supporting domical and barrel vaults over big capitals at clerestory level.
1080

Phase 3 - 1080 - south - 15 Units


Transept to south chapel with pilasters on WS pier and wall.
1080

Phase 4 - 1080 [1088] - nave (a) - 30 Units


Work continues into the nave aisles with the piers and arches at a higher level, as far as the west wall
1080

Phase 5 - 1080 - tower I - 30 Units


Tower I
1090

Phase 6 - 1090 - tower II - 12 Units


Tower II
1120

Phase 7 - 1120 - tower III - 18 Units


Tower III
1130

Phase 8 - 1130 - nave (c) - 45 Units


Nave clerestory with tall windows.
Later

Phase 9 - Later


Aisle walls undatable, wall buttressing added, strengthening of tower, vaults to nave and aisles and the north apsidiole seems to have remained partly completed, or only partly integrated into aisle.