Noyon, La Nativite-de-Notre-Dame
NOYON

Building Data for Noyon, La Nativite-de-Notre-Dame

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  • Type: Cathedral
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Oise
  • Coords: 49.582, 3.0007
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  • Surveyed: 1969, 1972-74, 1980-83, 1992-98, 2003, 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 Noyon, La Nativite-de-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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1130		 gray 600
1160		 2000
1170		 1390
1180		 720
1190		 466
1200		 240
1210		 163
1220		 gray
1050 1130s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1250

Phases for Noyon, La Nativite-de-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.

Short version of history

1130

Phase 1 - 1130 [1133] - chapels (d) - 280 Units


Choir foundations to dado with capitals that reflect the pre-Crusade period. This is a hazardous interpretation, but there was a fire in 1131, and these chapels may have been the consequences. It may be that only the radiating chapels were built with the dado arcade, and no higher than the window sills. This concept also sits well with other Add-a-Chapel schemes where there were some 30 years between the lower walls and the rest.
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1160

Phase 2 - 1160 [1164] - ambulatory (a) - 100 Units


Ambulatory capitals
1160

Phase 3 - 1160 [1165] - chapel (a) - 100 Units


Chapel vault capitals, chapel vaults
1160

Phase 4 - 1160 [1166] - chapel (aw) - 100 Units


Chapel window capitals
1160

Phase 5 - 1160 [1167] - e piers 1-2 (a) - 100 Units


Aisle piers bays 1-2
1160

Phase 6 - 1160 [1168] - e piers 1-2 (g) - 100 Units


Gallery piers bays 1-2
1160

Phase 7 - 1160 [1169] - choir (g) wall - 100 Units


Choir gallery wall
1170

Phase 8 - 1170 [1170] - nave 1-4 (a) - 100 Units


Nave aisle 1-4, a bit complex in these bays as some capitals are from this period and some from the next decade, and some earlier ones are in the walls and some in the piers. There are also connections with the transept dado arcades and bases all round that need further study. The consoles in the crossing piers also appear to have been carved about this time.
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1170

Phase 9 - 1170 [1171] - north (d) - 200 Units


North dado
1170

Phase 10 - 1170 [1172] - choir piers (a) - 100 Units


Choir aisle piers
1170

Phase 11 - 1170 [1173] - choir (g) piers - 200 Units


Choir gallery piers
1170

Phase 12 - 1170 [1174] - nave 1-3 (g) - 200 Units


Nave gallery 1-3, this zone is also complex as with the aisle piers and vaults under neath.
1170

Phase 13 - 1170 [1175] - south (d) - 200 Units


South dado, door to east
1170

Phase 14 - 1170 [1175] - n transept (t) - 200 Units


North transept triforium
1170

Phase 15 - 1170 [1176] - choir (t) - 200 Units


Blind choir triforium
1170

Phase 16 - 1170 [1177] - choir (c) - 200 Units


Choir clerestory, flyers and start of north transept
1170

Phase 17 - 1170 [1178] - s transept (t) - 200 Units


South transept triforium
1170

Phase 18 - 1170 - e towers I, II - 200 Units


East towers both levels
1180

Phase 19 - 1180 [1183] - nave 4-9 (a) - 200 Units


Nave aisle capitals -9, uneven order of construction
1180

Phase 20 - 1180 - trans (t) - 200 Units


Unusual triforium in the transepts under the two-level windows, with access to the nave and choir galleries.
1180

Phase 21 - 1180 [1183] - nave 1-2 (g) - 50 Units


Nave gallery 1-2
1180

Phase 22 - 1180 [1180] - nave 1-2 (t,c) - 200 Units


Nave triforium, clerestory 1-2
1180

Phase 23 - 1180 [1182] - n transept (c) - 200 Units


North transept clerestories and vaults continued into adjacent nave bays
1180

Phase 24 - 1180 [.] - s transept (c) - 200 Units


South transept clerestories and vaults continued into adjacent nave bays
1180

Phase 25 - 1180 [1188] - nave 4-7 (g) - 200 Units


Nave gallery 4-7 in a number of campaigns
1180

Phase 26 - 1180 [1189] - nave 4-7 (t,c) - 140 Units


Nave triforium 4-7, clerestory
1190

Phase 27 - 1190 [1198] - N-e portal - 140 Units


North door to east
1190

Phase 28 - 1190 [1190] - nave 10-12 (a) - 140 Units


Nave aisles 10-12
1190

Phase 29 - 1190 [1190] - nave 3-8 (g) - 140 Units


Nave gallery 3-8, a gradual process
1190

Phase 30 - 1190 - nave 3-6 (c,v) - 300 Units


Nave clerestory walls and vaults 3-6
1200

Phase 31 - 1200 - west (a,g) - 300 Units


West aisle and gallery
1200

Phase 32 - 1200 [1203] - w porch - 166 Units


West porch
1210

Phase 33 - 1210 - west (c) - 240 Units


West block clerestory
1220

Phase 34 - 1220 - w tower - 163 Units


West tower