Saint-Loup-de-Naud, Saint-Loup-de-Sens
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Building Data for Saint-Loup-de-Naud, Saint-Loup-de-Sens

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  • Type: Abbey
  • Affiliation: Benedictine
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  • Region: Ile-de-France
  • Department: Seine-et-Marne
  • Coords: 48.536, 3.2090
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  • Surveyed: 1980-83, 2003, 2009, 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 Saint-Loup-de-Naud, Saint-Loup-de-Sens 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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1070		 115
1080		 gray 180
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Phases for Saint-Loup-de-Naud, Saint-Loup-de-Sens 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

1070

Phase 1 - 1070 - east - 130 Units


Apse and transepts built from north to south as ground much lower, in many campaigns; as apse walls rose the first two bays of the nave were begun, with the north first then the south.
1080

Phase 2 - 1080 - east (v) - 115 Units


Completion of east with solid vaults and domes; two eastern nave bays to the roof; crossing tower.
1120

Phase 3 - 1120 - nave (b) - 30 Units


Bases etc to nave w3-7; base of stairs before layout for the portal, see MCS #29
1120

Phase 4 - 1120 [1123] - nave (a) - 30 Units


Nave caps and arcade arches, ws2 aisles vault with ws3 and nave windows.
1120

Phase 5 - 1120 [1123] - portal - 30 Units


Portal capitals, figures, tympanum and archivolts
1120

Phase 6 - 1120 - nave (a) - 30 Units


Coursing over nave arches and complete the groin vaults in aisles
1120

Phase 7 - 1120 [1126] - nave (c) - 30 Units


Nave clerestory capitals, arch to w3 and w2 barrel vault.
1120

Phase 8 - 1120 [1127] - porch - 18 Units


Porch caps on west, outer archivolt arch and vault over sculpture.
1120

Phase 9 - 1120 [1128] - porch room - 12 Units


Triple arcade to room over porch with capitals; complete nave vaults and side walls and roof over both.