(fl. early 13th c.). During the later 12th century, a series of projects at the cathedral of NotreDame, Rouen, realized the northwest tower (Tour SaintRomain) and two new fagade portals and launched construction of the four western bays of the nave. However, on April 8, 1200, a fire swept through the city devastating the cathedral. The reconstruction, liberally supported by Jean, duke of Normandy, and Pope Innocent III, was directed by Jean d’Andelys, mentioned as “mason, master of the works” in 1206/07.
Jean incorporated the 12th-century nave piers that had survived the fire and set the new choir atop the Romanesque foundations. His nave was planned as a fourstory elevation, including a gallery, in the manner of the cathedrals of Arras, Laon, or Paris; although adopting such modern Gothic features as pointed arches and linear articulation, it retained the imposing heaviness typical of Norman architecture. By 1214, Jean d’Andelys had been succeeded by Enguerrand (Ingelrannus), who, along with the later master Durand, abandoned the galleries to create a three-story nave.
Michael T. Davis
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Faure, Andre. “Rouen, la cathedrale.” In Dictionnaire des eglises de France. Paris: Laffont, 1968, Vol. 4B, pp. 132-43.
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