Saint-Loup-de-Naud (Seine-et-Marne, France) - Saint-Loup-de-Sens
- Disclaimer
The dating found here is based on the work of John James, and is meant on this site to serve as a starting point. James' dating is derived from a system that uses his interpretation of the development of capitals over time as the basis for chronology, among other factors. His goal is to refine the dating to within years rather than decades. I have not fully embraced James' methodology, and will be developing this page from its current state to one which is admittedly more conservative. The relative expenditure values found in the Timeline are also based on James' work, and I believe these to be reasonably reliable. They are intended only to give a sense of the amount of work involved in each decade.
I have added the idea of the "project" as a way of separating work in buildings. In my mind, a "project" is a discrete section of work in a building that resulted from the one-time acquisition of funding. "Projects" are generally separated by at least a decade where no work was being done. It is my view that it would have been unwise to start a "project" that could not be finished and protected from the elements, and as such a "project" usually involved a wing or multiple wings of a building, from floor to roof. Rural churches, which could only secure small amounts of funding at irregular intervals, often were the result of many small projects, while the great churches, which benefitted from relatively consistent funding, may have involved only a few large projects.
I have added the idea of the "project" as a way of separating work in buildings. In my mind, a "project" is a discrete section of work in a building that resulted from the one-time acquisition of funding. "Projects" are generally separated by at least a decade where no work was being done. It is my view that it would have been unwise to start a "project" that could not be finished and protected from the elements, and as such a "project" usually involved a wing or multiple wings of a building, from floor to roof. Rural churches, which could only secure small amounts of funding at irregular intervals, often were the result of many small projects, while the great churches, which benefitted from relatively consistent funding, may have involved only a few large projects.
- Timeline with Relative Expenditure (if available, in building units)
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- Project A - 1070s - Phase 1 - east
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.
- Project A - 1080s - Phase 2 - east (v)
Completion of east with solid vaults and domes; two eastern nave bays to the roof; crossing tower.
- Project B - 1120s - Phase 3 - nave (b)
Bases etc to nave w3-7; base of stairs before layout for the portal, see MCS #29
- Project B - 1120s - Phase 4 - nave (a)
Nave caps and arcade arches, ws2 aisles vault with ws3 and nave windows.
- Project B - 1120s - Phase 5 - portal
Portal capitals, figures, tympanum and archivolts
- Project B - 1120s - Phase 6 - nave (a)
Coursing over nave arches and complete the groin vaults in aisles
- Project B - 1120s - Phase 7 - nave (c)
Nave clerestory capitals, arch to w3 and w2 barrel vault.
- Project B - 1120s - Phase 8 - porch
Porch caps on west, outer archivolt arch and vault over sculpture.
- Project B - 1120s - Phase 9 - porch room
Triple arcade to room over porch with capitals; complete nave vaults and side walls and roof over both.