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GATHERING SIMILAR CARVINGS among over 50,000 in this study is the first step in separating the work of individuals.
It has been my lifelong intention to identify some of the men who created Gothic. This is a beginning, a work in progress.
TYPICAL QUESTIONS might be: What else was going on in the towns where he worked? How long would it have taken to get to distant churches? As the carvers travelled, who did they meet at different sites, and how might this have influenced their carving? Where may men have met and spent time together and shared ideas? How long was a working life, and were their first works carved in adolescence? Are the dates clustered within a reasonable timeframe for an active life? Were carvers employed by one builder or were they independent and peripatetic? On a large job would all the carvers have turned up at the same time, or singly? Did they do other skilled work such as torus moulds or decorative framing, and can we identify them? FOUR ARTICLES
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Tails attached to each side of the corner crocket so looks like comets trailing symmetrical wings. Sometimes the tails hang, or curl around to meet underneath the crocket. The spread of the tail often depends on the space to be filled between the corner and the middle, most evident in the smaller ca[..]
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Carver: Comet, 46 capitals in 25 jobs. Active: 1076-1139 Filtered by Certainty ALL
- Comet - ? - 1070 s [ 1076
- Labruyère - Phase 1
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - east
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- Comet - ? - 1070 s [ 1076
- Labruyère - Phase 1
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - east
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- Comet - ! - 1070 s [ 1077
- Bitry - Phase 1
- Saints-Sulpice-et-Antoine - chapel
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Comet - !? - 1070 s [ 1078
- Château-Landon - Phase 2
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - west (a)
- From master's core template, obdurate stone
- Comet - !? - 1070 s [ 1078
- Château-Landon - Phase 2
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - west (a)
- From master's core template, obdurate stone
- Comet - ! - 1070 s [ 1078
- Pont-Saint-Mard - Phase 1
- Saint-Medard - west wall
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- Comet - !! - 1070 s [ 1079
- Château-Landon - Phase 3
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - west (c)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Comet - ? - 1070 s [ 1079
- Saint-Léger-aux-Bois - Phase 2
- Saint-Leger - nave, crossing (c))
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Comet - ! - 1070 s [ 1079
- Saint-Léger-aux-Bois - Phase 2
- Saint-Leger - nave, crossing (c))
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Comet - !! - 1080 s [ 1080
- Retheuil - Phase 2
- Saint-Aubin - tower I
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Comet - ! - 1080 s [ 1084
- Oulchy-le-Chateau - Phase 3
- Notre-Dame - tower I
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1085
- Morienval - Phase 5
- Saint-Denis - nave
- Design imposed on this carver by another
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1085
- Morienval - Phase 5
- Saint-Denis - nave
- Design imposed on this carver by another
- Comet - !! - 1080 s [ 1086
- Deuil-la-Barre - Phase 1
- La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge - crossing (a)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
- Comet - !! - 1080 s [ 1086
- Deuil-la-Barre - Phase 1
- La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge - crossing (a)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Oulchy-le-Chateau - Phase 6
- Notre-Dame - nave (a)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Oulchy-le-Chateau - Phase 6
- Notre-Dame - nave (a)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire - Phase 4
- Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame - narthex (g)
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire - Phase 4
- Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame - narthex (g)
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire - Phase 4
- Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame - narthex (g)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
- Comet - ? - 1080 s [ 1088
- Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire - Phase 5
- Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame - choir (a)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1089
- Crépy-en-Valois - Phase 1
- Saint-Arnoul - crypt
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1089
- Crépy-en-Valois - Phase 1
- Saint-Arnoul - crypt
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1090
- Acy-en-Multien - Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - tower base
- Core template
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1090
- Acy-en-Multien - Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - tower base
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
- Comet - ! - 1090 s [ 1090
- Parnes - Phase 1
- Saint-Josse - apse (d)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1091
- Pontpoint - Phase 1
- Chapelle de Rouffiac - nave
- Second template, seems to be same designer
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1091
- Pontpoint - Phase 1
- Chapelle de Rouffiac - nave
- Second template, seems to be same designer
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1091
- Pontpoint - Phase 1
- Chapelle de Rouffiac - nave
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1091
- Pontpoint - Phase 1
- Chapelle de Rouffiac - nave
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- Comet - ! - 1090 s [ 1092
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 1
- Saint-Nicolas - nave (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Comet - ! - 1090 s [ 1092
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 1
- Saint-Nicolas - nave (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1094
- Jouy-le-Moutier - Phase 1
- La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge - crossing
- Core template