# Engaged Pillars

The capitals of the supports enriched with engaged colonnettes, one (No. 2 - PIT 38) or four (No. 3 - PIT 40), follow a comparable composition. The capitals of the colonnettes are shorter and correspond to the height of the upper seat of the cylindrical core of the pillar. The more complex molding of the abacus reflects a slightly later execution, towards the end of the construction of the nave at the beginning of the 13th century.

These engaged colonnettes are an exception in the series of pillars of the main vessel of the cathedral. They respond to the desire to reinforce the structure of the nave near the facade massif while integrating forms that recently appeared on other construction sites such as the choir of the cathedral of Soissons (around 1190-1212) or the cathedral of Chartres (1195-1220).