Mareuil-sur-Ourcq, Saint-Martin
construction history in phases

Building Data for Mareuil-sur-Ourcq, Saint-Martin

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Oise
  • Coords: 49.139, 3.0789
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  • Surveyed: 1977, 1980-83, 2015

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Studies These draft studies have been written as if all carvings were by an individual whereas they can equally be analysed as template modes employed by a number of carvers. The more personal approach was necessitated by the complexity of the data. The drafts will be reconsidered after I have added the rib vault material to the database.
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These draft studies have been written as if all carvings were by an individual whereas they can equally be analysed as template modes employed by a number of carvers. The more personal approach was necessitated by the complexity of the data. The drafts will be reconsidered after I have added the rib vault material to the database.

Timeline and building units for Mareuil-sur-Ourcq, 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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1190		 gray 73
1210		 52
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Phases for Mareuil-sur-Ourcq, 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.
1180

Phase 1 - 1180 [1185] - east - 56 Units


East, apse and transepts and crossing bases with pilasters, to aisle and chapel capitals and with the stairs in south set within a ten-sided tower that has eight sides on the interior; six campaigns noted in the stairs and the rest erected in more or less vertical slices with an inclination to the east.
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1190

Phase 2 - 1190 - W2 bases - 37 Units


W2 bases also with pilasters but with different dimensions with a tendency for the south to be more advanced than the north.
1190

Phase 3 - 1190 - east (c) - 30 Units


East clerestory
1210

Phase 4 - 1210 [1213] - nave (a) 3-6 - 43 Units


W3-6 bases with wall arcade with round arches and circular windows in the second bay, both sides.
1210

Phase 5 - 1210 - e nave (a) - 30 Units


Nave walls the work slopes downwards to the west with the capitals, stages that resulted in four campaigns being needed in the aisle vaults.
1220

Phase 6 - 1220 - w nave (a) - 30 Units


Capitals to west bays a different campaign from changes to the imposts.
1220

Phase 7 - 1220 [1227] - north - 22 Units


North
1230

Phase 8 - 1230 - W3,4 (c) - 54 Units


W3,4 clerestory, W1 vault, transepts and crossing from five small campaigns in the high vaults.
1230

Phase 9 - 1230 - w2-1(v) - 22 Units


W2-3 vault
1240

Phase 10 - 1240 - w5 (c,v) - 20 Units


W5 clerestory and vault, west wall
Later

Phase 11 - Later


WS1 aisle wall and vault