Santeuil, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
construction history in phases
SANTEU-P

Building Data for Santeuil, Saints-Pierre-et-Paul

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Ile-de-France
  • Department: Val-d'Oise
  • Coords: 49.126, 1.9520
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  • Surveyed: 1980-83, 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 Santeuil, 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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gray gray 70
1080		 gray 220
1110		 gray 34
1150		 35
1160		 50
1170		 67
1180		 70
1190		 gray
1050 1080s 1110s 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s 1250

Phases for Santeuil, 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.

Short version of history

1080

Phase 1 - 1080 - crossing (b) - 35 Units


The four piers of the crossing were erected with the south chapel with large buttresses supporting each pier up to just below the capitals where there is a reduction in the width of the interior NE buttress at the level of the apse string course, suggesting a pause; there may have been an earlier hemicycle apse where the present apse is, and an older nave to the west.
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1080

Phase 2 - 1080 [1087] - apse (b) - 35 Units


The apse of 2 bays was butted against the crossing and built to just above the piscine; if there had been an older apse it was removed at this time.
1110

Phase 3 - 1110 - north - 35 Units


The north transept was butted against the crossing, and in the second campaign with pointed barrel vaults; the junction noted in reduced NE2 buttress and now that the crossing was well-supported, the next stage of the crossing could be started.
1110

Phase 4 - 1110 [1112] - south-w - 35 Units


South transepts butts into crossing, different plinths, S-w door
1110

Phase 5 - 1110 [1113] - east (c) - 45 Units


Walls raised for vaults with capitals and arches
1110

Phase 6 - 1110 [1115] - crossing (c) - 35 Units


Raised the crossing with the capitals and rib vault to support the tower
1110

Phase 7 - 1110 [1117] - tower I - 35 Units


Tower I
1110

Phase 8 - 1110 [1118] - tower II - 35 Units


Tower II
1150

Phase 9 - 1150 - spire - 34 Units


Count Galeran pays for the spire.
1160

Phase 10 - 1160 - west - 20 Units


The lower level of the west front as a hoarding without any work to the nave, with the west portal, stairs and capitals, similar to the hoarding method used at Courmelois. Was this an advertising gimmick to raise funds? It was used in a number of other churches around this time, discussed in The Template-Makers.
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1160

Phase 11 - 1160 [1162] - west (t) - 15 Units


West front to just underneath the rose and included the gallery and a few capitals. As in other buildings, the hoarding included the triforium and the start of the next clerestory level.
1170

Phase 12 - 1170 [1176] - nave (a) - 25 Units


Nave piers and capitals inserted between west front and crossing, no walls in the aisles
1170

Phase 13 - 1170 [1177] - nave (g) - 25 Units


Nave gallery, some shafts 8-sided, some 16, with capitals and varied imposts, so progress may have been slow.
1180

Phase 14 - 1180 - n aisle wall - 30 Units


North aisle wall and vault
1180

Phase 15 - 1180 - s aisle wall - 37 Units


South aisle wall and vault.
1190

Phase 16 - 1190 - nave (c,v) - 70 Units


Clerestory in the nave, capitals, vaults, western rose window.