Limay (Yvelines, France) - Saint-Aubin
- 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 - 1120s - Phase 1 - tower base, 1
South bay under tower with shaft on eastern side for future rib and allowance for a future bay to west; continued tower to level I
- Project A - 1130s - Phase 2 - south
South
- Project B - 1160s - Phase 3 - spire
Spire and octagon paid for by Galeran, and with sundry small works to piers and arches to widen the openings on the north side for extension that was not built for another 70 years.
- Project C - 1230s - Phase 4 - n apse
North apse bays with rectangular 'shafts' and many small campaigns around the adjoining piers; as this vault rests on widened pier around ES2 on the north, probably built after strengthening of pier for when they opened it further they had to reinforce the pier with rectangular 'shafts'.
- Project C - 1240s - Phase 5 - nave
Nave four bays and drums, with minor additional work including a wall to close off these bays.
- Project D - Later - Phase 6 -
Remove some of the west work, add four bays and west front.
- Primary Sources for Dating
There are no primary source documents for this building