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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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Spirals are a major structure. Little leaves of similar designs on long stems stick out from the spirals. The side branches emerge from sockets that do not cut across the main branch, a personal device. Animals are always contained within branches, enfolded in the vines, but never entangled. His mo[..]
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Carver: Felix, 42 capitals in 44 jobs. Active: 1109-1153 Filtered by Certainty !
- Felix - ! - 1100 s [ 1109
- Angers - Phase 3
- Saint-Aubin - s cloister
- Design is like work in the Basin, and uncommon locally
- Felix - ! - 1100 s [ 1109
- Angers - Phase 3
- Saint-Aubin - s cloister
- Design is like work in the Basin, and uncommon locally
- Felix - ! - 1110 s [ 1117
- Lavilletertre - Phase 4
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite - west portal
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- Felix - ! - 1110 s [ 1117
- Lavilletertre - Phase 4
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite - west portal
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1110 s [ 1117
- Lavilletertre - Phase 4
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite - west portal
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- Felix - ! - 1120 s [ 1121
- Ivry-la-Bataille - Phase 1
- Saint-Benoît - portal
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
- Felix - ! - 1120 s [ 1122
- Beauvais - Phase 6
- Saint-Étienne - n portal
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
- Felix - ! - 1120 s [ 1122
- Beauvais - Phase 6
- Saint-Étienne - n portal
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
- Felix - ! - 1120 s [ 1122
- Beauvais - Phase 6
- Saint-Étienne - n portal
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
- Felix - ! - 1120 s [ 1126
- Paris - Phase 9
- Saint-Martin-des-Champs - pier base G (aw)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1120 s [ 1127
- Aguilar de Campo - Phase 1
- Santa Maria la Real - cloister
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Felix - ! - 1120 s [ 1127
- Aguilar de Campo - Phase 1
- Santa Maria la Real - cloister
- Design is like work in the Basin, and uncommon locally
- Felix - ! - 1120 s [ 1127
- Bourges - Phase 1
- Saint-Etienne - south portal
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Felix - ! - 1120 s [ 1127
- Bourges - Phase 1
- Saint-Etienne - south portal
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Felix - ! - 1110 s [ 1128
- Jumièges - Phase 3
- Notre-Dame - north (a)
- Unique feature, being an animal or bird
- Felix - ! - 1110 s [ 1128
- Jumièges - Phase 3
- Notre-Dame - north (a)
- Unique feature, being an animal or bird
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1130
- Paris - Phase 13
- Saint-Martin-des-Champs - choir (a) I
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1130
- Paris - Phase 13
- Saint-Martin-des-Champs - choir (a) I
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1130
- Paris - Phase 13
- Saint-Martin-des-Champs - choir (a) I
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1132
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 8
- Saint-Denis - narthex aisle (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1133
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 10
- Saint-Denis - narthex aisle windows
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Angers - Phase 1
- Saint-Maurice - west portal drip
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Angers - Phase 1
- Saint-Maurice - west portal drip
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Angers - Phase 1
- Saint-Maurice - west portal drip
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Angers - Phase 1
- Saint-Maurice - west portal drip
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Angers - Phase 1
- Saint-Maurice - west portal drip
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Angers - Phase 1
- Saint-Maurice - west portal drip
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Chartres - Phase 12
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - colonnettes centre, right
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Chartres - Phase 12
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - colonnettes centre, right
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Chartres - Phase 12
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - colonnettes centre, right
- Unique feature, as a man clinging to a vine
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Chartres - Phase 12
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - colonnettes centre, right
- Unique feature, as a man clinging to a vine
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Chartres - Phase 12
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - colonnettes centre, right
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Rochester - Phase 1
- Cathedral - west portal I
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Rochester - Phase 1
- Cathedral - west portal I
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Felix - ! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Rochester - Phase 1
- Cathedral - west portal I
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Felix - ! - 1140 s [ 1141
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 22
- Saint-Denis - choir walls (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1140 s [ 1141
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 22
- Saint-Denis - choir walls (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- Felix - ! - 1140 s [ 1142
- Paris - Phase 11
- Saint-Germain-des-Près - ambulatory (a)
- Unique feature, restored, seems from template
- Felix - ! - 1140 s [ 1142
- Paris - Phase 11
- Saint-Germain-des-Près - ambulatory (a)
- Unique feature, as a man clinging to a vine
- Felix - ! - 1140 s [ 1142
- Paris - Phase 11
- Saint-Germain-des-Près - ambulatory (a)
- Unique feature, restored, seems from template
- Felix - ! - 1140 s [ 1143
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 25
- Saint-Denis - choir windows
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- Felix - ! - 1150 s [ 1153
- Cernay-lès-Reims - Phase 5
- Saint-Martin - nave (c)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate