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carvings in Bowline manner

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 		<p>Mode of a template offers a quick way to sort by type, such as “B” would group. all those with birds.</p> <p>These are the Codes used in Modes</p> <p>2 foliage or tendrils that are separate, two-dimensional</p> <p>3 foliage or tendrils that are crossing or emerging out of another</p> <p>c major part of the foliage placed in the centre of the capital</p> <p>f major foliage on the flanks, supporting the upper corner</p> <p>r rinceau designs, often emerging from the mouth</p> <p>+ more than one row of elements</p> <p># repeatitive items place in rows and layers</p> <p><> foliage connects above the astragal, rather than rising from it.</p> <p>oo elements framed, mainly in rinceau designs.</p> <p>B birds or animals</p> <p>cone the core form is dominant, decoration laid over it</p> <p>e enchancre, though seldom consistent on all capitals.</p> <p>H heads or people</p> <p>geom geometric forms or lines</p> <p>hang foliage hanging, at times from a head or crocket</p> <p>Sp spiral rinceau designs</p> <p>T^ tips of leaves extended and pointing up, or Tv pointing down</p> <p>tree tree-like forms</p> <p>X straps, either crossing or used instead of foliage.</p>
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Mode of a template offers a quick way to sort by type, such as “B” would group. all those with birds.

These are the Codes used in Modes

2 foliage or tendrils that are separate, two-dimensional

3 foliage or tendrils that are crossing or emerging out of another

c major part of the foliage placed in the centre of the capital

f major foliage on the flanks, supporting the upper corner

r rinceau designs, often emerging from the mouth

+ more than one row of elements

# repeatitive items place in rows and layers

<> foliage connects above the astragal, rather than rising from it.

oo elements framed, mainly in rinceau designs.

B birds or animals

cone the core form is dominant, decoration laid over it

e enchancre, though seldom consistent on all capitals.

H heads or people

geom geometric forms or lines

hang foliage hanging, at times from a head or crocket

Sp spiral rinceau designs

T^ tips of leaves extended and pointing up, or Tv pointing down

tree tree-like forms

X straps, either crossing or used instead of foliage.
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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.
Templates were the means by which a masters communicated with his masons, and I presume that carvers were no different. The template is therefore one key element to making attributions among carvers. Among master masons I would refer you to the 250 geometric studies in The Contractors of Chartres.

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?

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Studies These draft studies have been written as if all carvings were by an individual whereas they can equally be analysed as template modes employed by a number of carvers. The more personal approach was necessitated by the complexity of the data. The drafts will be reconsidered after I have added the rib vault material to the database.
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These draft studies have been written as if all carvings were by an individual whereas they can equally be analysed as template modes employed by a number of carvers. The more personal approach was necessitated by the complexity of the data. The drafts will be reconsidered after I have added the rib vault material to the database.

Carver: Bowline, 25 capitals in 34 jobs. Active: 1113-1159. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Crusade II 1146- -
   Châlons-en-Champagne Notre-Dame-en-Vaux Châlonais Marne 1 7 nave piers 1140 1145 ! 1
   Urcel Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Laonnois Aisne 3 7 apse 3 1130 1131 !! 2
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 4 tower II (a) 1110 1112 ? 3
   Bruyères-et-Montbérault La Visitation Laonnois Aisne 2 3 choir (a) 1120 1129 !! 4
   Presles-et-Thierny Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin Laonnois Aisne 3 9 porch 1160 1165 !? 5
   Urcel Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Laonnois Aisne 3 12 nave (a) 1150 1155 !! 6
   Bruyères-et-Montbérault La Visitation Laonnois Aisne 2 7 east (c+) 1130 1136 ! 7
   Mans, Le Saint-Julien Outliers Sarthe 1 4 nave piers 1-4 1130 1134 !? 8
   Poitiers Notre-Dame-la-Grande Outliers Vienne 2 4 west front - middle 1130 1137 !! 9
   Angers Saint-Aubin Outliers Maine-et-Loire 3 3 s cloister 1100 1109 ? 10
   Fontevraud-l'Abbaye Abbey Outliers Maine-et-Loire 1 1 nave 1140 1143 ? 11
   Mans, Le Saint-Julien Outliers Sarthe 1 7 nave w(c) 1140 1142 ? 12
   Bernay Notre-Dame Outliers Eure 2 3 east 1130 1136 !! 13
   Milan Sant'Ambroggio Outliers Lombardy 1 1 narthex 1120 1121 !? 14
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 13 choir (a) I 1130 1130 !? 15
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 14 narthex side openings 1130 1135 ! 16
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 23 choir (cw) 1130 1137 ! 17
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 9 pier base G (aw) 1120 1126 !? 18
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 9 narthex clerestory (c) 1130 1132 ! 19
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 18 colonnettes 4 1140 1140 ? 20
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 14 colonnettes centre, left 1130 1138 !! 21
   Chartres Saint-André Perche Eure-et-Loir 3 2 west portal 1140 1141 ! 22
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 16 colonnettes 3 1130 1139 !! 23
   Cauroy-lès-Hermonville Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Nicaise Reimois Marne 3 1 porch, nave 1110 1113 !! 24
   Hermonville Saint-Sauveur Reimois Marne 3 2 porch 1150 1157 !! 25
   Béthisy-Saint-Martin Saint-Martin Senlisis Oise 3 3 tower II 1130 1134 !? 26
   Senlis Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 1 8 w portal (a) 1150 1159 !! 27
   Saint-Pathus Saint-Pathus Senlisis Seine-et-Marne 3 1 nave 1150 1158 28
   Courmelles Saint-Georges Soissonais Aisne 3 2 east walls 1150 1157 !! 29
   Foulangues Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 8 s nave (a) 1110 1118 !? 30
   Creil Saint-Evremont Therain Oise 3 1 east 1120 1124 !! 31
   Foulangues Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 5 w crossing 1110 1114 !? 32
   Delincourt Saint-Leger Vexin Oise 3 2 east, crossing 1130 1138 !? 33
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 12 choir (g,c) 1-7 1160 1160 ! 34