Sermaises, La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge
SRMAISES

Building Data for Sermaises, La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge

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  • Type: Abbey
  • Affiliation: Benedictine
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  • Region: Centre
  • Department: Loiret
  • Coords: 48.295, 2.2040
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  • Surveyed: 1980-83, 2015

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Timeline and building units for Sermaises, La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge 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 Sermaises, La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge 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.
1140

Phase 1 - 1140 [1141] - nave - 20 Units


No details within tower base, but these capitals that were presumably over this pier in the earlier nave were raised into what is today the W6 clerestory.
1140

Phase 2 - 1140 - tower II - 15 Units


Tower II
1210

Phase 3 - 1210 [1213] - east (d) - 24 Units


Wall bases E1-2 laid out in three campaigns, and more for the compound pier to N2 and hollow octagons to S2; dado in the east.
1210

Phase 4 - 1210 - middle (b) - 16 Units


Walls up to tower, piers N3-5 oct-round-oct and S3-4 round-oct
1220

Phase 5 - 1220 [1225] - east (a) - 20 Units


Bay 1-3 aisles
1220

Phase 6 - 1220 [1228] - middle (a) - 26 Units


Bay 3-4 aisles and N6-w doorway.
1230

Phase 7 - 1230 - east (t) - 15 Units


Triforium E1-2, no clerestory
1230

Phase 8 - 1230 - nave (a) - 25 Units


Aisles 4-5,
1240

Phase 9 - 1240 - mid (t,c) - 28 Units


Triforium and clerestory 2-4.
1240

Phase 10 - 1240 - west - 22 Units


Clerestory 4-6 and bay 5-6 built as a unit to west of tower, with the central door moved out.
Later

Phase 11 - Later


Completion of western bay and its vaults and the remaining 1140s nave capitals moved to clerestory after west doors.