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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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The upper layer of the capital has twin sprays of foliage arching sideways with one central leaf between them, like a palm tree. At the upper corners the spines are split open to create a deep hollow between them. The fronds are supported on a spiral trunk finishing in a rosette-like terminal. Unde[..]
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Carver: Palmier, 46 capitals in 29 jobs. Active: 1125-1153 Filtered by Certainty !!
- Palmier - !! - 1120 s [ 1125
- Sacra di San Michele - Phase 1
- San Michele - undercroft
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
- Palmier - !! - 1120 s [ 1125
- Sacra di San Michele - Phase 4
- San Michele - portal caps
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Palmier - !! - 1120 s [ 1127
- Toulouse - Phase 1
- Saint-Sernin - nave gallery
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
- Palmier - !! - 1120 s [ 1127
- Toulouse - Phase 1
- Saint-Sernin - nave gallery
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
- Palmier - !! - 1120 s [ 1127
- Vermenton - Phase 1
- La Trinite - west portal
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Palmier - !! - 1120 s [ 1127
- Vermenton - Phase 1
- La Trinite - west portal
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Palmier - !! - 1120 s [ 1127
- Vermenton - Phase 1
- La Trinite - west portal
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1130
- Provins - Phase 3
- Saint-Ayoul - w portals 2
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1132
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 9
- Saint-Denis - narthex clerestory (c)
- Core template
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1132
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 9
- Saint-Denis - narthex clerestory (c)
- Core template
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1132
- Saint-Denis-en-France - Phase 9
- Saint-Denis - narthex clerestory (c)
- Core template
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1136
- Étampes - Phase 1
- Saint-Martin - choir (a)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1136
- Étampes - Phase 1
- Saint-Martin - choir (a)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Chartres - Phase 11
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - WN(1) caps [Camp-11]
- Core template
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1137
- Chartres - Phase 11
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - WN(1) caps [Camp-11]
- Core template
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1138
- Paris - Phase 6
- Saint-Germain-des-Près - nave (c)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1138
- Paris - Phase 6
- Saint-Germain-des-Près - nave (c)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1139
- Etampes - Phase 23
- Notre-Dame-du-Fort - choir n3(c)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1139
- Etampes - Phase 23
- Notre-Dame-du-Fort - choir n3(c)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- Palmier - !! - 1130 s [ 1139
- Etampes - Phase 23
- Notre-Dame-du-Fort - choir n3(c)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- Palmier - !! - 1140 s [ 1140
- Chartres - Phase 18
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - narthex (a-)
- Core template
- Palmier - !! - 1140 s [ 1140
- Chartres - Phase 18
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - narthex (a-)
- Core template
- Palmier - !! - 1140 s [ 1140
- Chartres - Phase 18
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - narthex (a-)
- Core template
- Palmier - !! - 1140 s [ 1140
- Chartres - Phase 18
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - narthex (a-)
- Core template
- Palmier - !! - 1140 s [ 1143
- Châteaudun - Phase 7
- Sainte-Madeleine - n nave (a)
- From master's core template, obdurate stone