Reconstruction of the Narthex Portals of Vezelay in Light of Functions of the Narthex

Vezelay（Yonne）的La Madeleine本笃会修道院有一个宏伟的前厅，有三个入口，展示了Romanesquc雕塑的杰作。然而，仔细观察入口雕塑，可以发现风格和石材的多样性，不规则的砖石结构，以及不寻常的双注册侧柱配置。学者们推断，这些异常现象是由于1120年的大火和后来的前厅扩建造成的入口结构的变化，尽管没有理论被接受为最初入口的日期和结构。这个研究项目，首先，收集Viollet-le-Duc关于他的Vezelay修复的文件，其次，对前厅门户和相邻的砖石工程进行观察，并进行测量和拍照，以记录它们的现状，第三，创建当前门户的可视化和基于使用AutoCAD的测量和观察的原始门户的假设重建，第四，研究了AutoCAD作为研究工具的潜力。这项研究使作者推测，在1140年左右的前厅扩建过程中，Vezelay的La Madeleine的最终前厅入口结构似乎是通过拆除现有的开放式门廊而实现的。虽然视觉观察证实了一个开放的门廊已经存在之前，目前的前厅，其计划和部分仍然纯粹的猜测。使用AutoCAD作为研究工具，这份报告提出了一个假设的重建与变化的原始简单的门户网站，必须原来面对开放的门廊。

The Benedictine monastery of La Madeleine, Vezelay (Yonne), has a grand narthex with three portals that present masterpieces of Romanesquc sculpture. Close scrutiny of the portal sculptures, however, reveals diversity in style and stone, irregular masonry, and an unusual two-registered jamb configuration. Scholars inferred that these anomalies resulted from changes of the portal configurations due to the conflagration of 1120 and the later expansion of the narthex, although no theory has been accepted as to the date and configuration of the original portals. This research project, first, collected Viollet-le-Duc's documentation on his Vezelay restoration, second, made observations and took measurements and photographs of the narthex portals and the adjacent masonry work to record their present state, third, created a visualization of the current portals and a hypothetical reconstruction of the original portals based on measurements and observations using AutoCAD, and fourth examined the potential of AutoCAD as a research tool.This research leads the author to conjecture that the final narthex portal configuration of la Madeleine of Vezelay seems to have been reached by dismantling the existing open porch during the narthex expansion around 1140. Though visual observation confirms that an open porch had existed previous to the present narthex, its plan and sections remain pure conjecture. Using AutoCAD as a research tool, this report presents a hypothetical reconstruction with variations of the original simple portals that must have originally faced the open porch.