Model: Basilica Vézelay ca. Artaud (Vézelay)

Project Name

Vézelay

Model Name

Basilica Vézelay ca. Artaud

Model Description

Reconstruction of twelfth-century east end (ca. abbacy of Artaud)

Site Name

Vézelay

Monument Name

Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

Model File Name

vez_recon_east_v2018.vwx

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Apse Echelonné (Choir)

Notes:

Archaeological : Christian Sapin, Fabrice Henrion, Stephane Büttner

Comparative : While Anzy-le-Duc was not affiliated with Cluny but with Saint-Martin in Autun, its east end is similar to that of the Cluniac dependency, Charlieu. The floor plan of Charlieu is considered to be closely related to Cluny II. Studies of the…

Comparative : In an article published in 1929, Jean Vallery-Radot suggested that the Romanesque east end at Vézelay most probably terminated with a staggered apse (apse echelonée).

Hypothetical : Hypothetical apse; Phase 1

Textual : Edson Armi also argued that the sculpture at Anzy-le-Duc (lintel, capitals and archivolts) and in the narthex at Vézelay predate the famous choir capitals at Cluny III.
Crypt

Notes:

Graphical : Floor plan from Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine [France; Bourgogne; 89; Vézelay; cote 1996/083]
Crypt Stairs (Crypt)

Notes:

Hypothetical : Crypt stairs are based on the MH plan and depth supplied by Arnaud Timbert's study and the archaeological analysis of the CEM (fouilles de 2010-2011).
Floor Plan MH (Floor Plan)

Notes:

Graphical : Floor plan from Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine [France; Bourgogne; 89; Vézelay; cote 1996/083 : 89/57/1384]
North Side - Extant Wall (Nave)

Notes:

Lithic : Existing north wall of nave.
South Side - Extant Wall (Nave)

Notes:

Lithic : Extant wall of south nave

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