Orbais-l'Abbaye, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
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Building Data for Orbais-l'Abbaye, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul

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  • Type: Abbey
  • Affiliation: Benedictine
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  • Region: Champagne-Ardenne
  • Department: Marne
  • Coords: 48.950, 3.7007
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  • Surveyed: 1969, 1972-74, 1977, 1980-83, 2003, 2014

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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 Orbais-l'Abbaye, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul 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 Orbais-l'Abbaye, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul 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


Church probably occupying the space within the piers.
1150

Phase 2 - 1150 [1155] - choir (d) - 100 Units


Choir ambulatory chapel walls with dado arcade as an Add-a-Chapel scheme around the earlier apse.
1150

Phase 3 - 1150 [1159] - choir (a) - 150 Units


Choir chapels capitals and vaults, with barrel vault to entry to axial chapel; work paused here for more than twenty years.
1180

Phase 4 - 1180 [1182] - choir piers - 134 Units


Choir drum piers and crossing with aisle vaults and transepts with the start of the nave walls.
1180

Phase 5 - 1180 [1184] - choir (t) - 150 Units


Choir triforium and east walls of transepts
1190

Phase 6 - 1190 [1195] - nave (a) - 150 Units


Nave piers and aisle vaults.
1190

Phase 7 - 1190 [1197] - choir (c) - 150 Units


Choir clerestory, high vaults and flyers.
1200

Phase 8 - 1200 - nave (t) - 120 Units


Nave triforium and start of clerestory while the transept walls were raised to their vaults and rose windows.
1210

Phase 9 - 1210 - nave (c,v) - 45 Units


Nave clerestory and vault.