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carvings in Duke 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.
confidence?

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: Duke, 44 capitals in 38 jobs. Active: 1112-1146. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Paris Saint-Germain-des-Près Parisis Paris 1 11 ambulatory (a) 1140 1142 !! 1
   Betz Saint-Germain Soissonais Oise 3 1 apse 1130 1136 !! 2
   Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville Saint-Georges Outliers Seine-Maritime 2 5 apse (t) 1120 1128 !? 3
   Senlis Saint-Maurice Senlisis Oise 3 1 castle chapel 1120 1124 !! 4
   Bruyères-et-Montbérault La Visitation Laonnois Aisne 2 3 choir (a) 1120 1129 ! 5
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 13 choir (a) I 1130 1130 !! 6
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 14 choir (a) II 1130 1131 !! 7
   Paris Notre-Dame Parisis Paris 1 3 choir (a) walls 1140 1146 !! 8
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 21 choir (c) 1130 1135 ! 9
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 21 choir (u) 1140 1140 !! 10
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 22 choir walls (a) 1140 1141 !! 11
   Nasher Museum Cloister Therain Oise 4 1 cloister 1120 1122 !! 12
   Boissy-Fresnoy Saint-Étienne Senlisis Oise 3 1 crossing 1130 1134 !! 13
   Fitz-James Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Therain Oise 3 1 crossing 1110 1111 ! 14
   Conflans-Sainte-Honorine Saint-Maclou Parisis Yvelines 3 1 crossing 1120 1127 ! 15
   Châlons-en-Champagne Notre-Dame-en-Vaux Châlonais Marne 1 3 crossing 1120 1125 !! 16
   Montmille Saint-Lucien Beauvaisis Oise 3 1 crypt 1120 1124 !! 17
   Auvers-sur-Oise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 7 east (a) 1110 1114 !! 18
   Ully-Saint-Georges Saint-Georges Therain Oise 3 2 east n1 1130 1137 !? 19
   Bury Saint-Lucien Therain Oise 2 2 n nave (a) 1100 1105 !? 20
   6 n tower (w), F 1130 1139 ?? 21
   Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 1 3 narthex (g) 1110 1115 !! 22
   Ansacq Saint-Lucien Therain Oise 3 1 nave 1110 1116 !! 23
   Crandelain Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 3 nave (a), W-w 1110 1111 24
   Châlons-en-Champagne Notre-Dame-en-Vaux Châlonais Marne 1 7 nave piers 1140 1145 !! 25
   Trucy La Trinité Laonnois Aisne 3 3 nave, portal 1130 1135 !? 26
   Poissy Notre-Dame Parisis Yvelines 3 1 north 1 1110 1118 ! 27
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 6 pier base D (d) 1120 1123 !! 28
   Bury Saint-Lucien Therain Oise 2 3 s nave (a) 1100 1108 !? 29
   Dunfermline Holy Trinity and Saint Margaret Outliers County Fife 2 1 south 1130 1137 !? 30
   Warluis Saint-Lucien Beauvaisis Oise 3 2 tower I 1120 1120 ! 31
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 2 tower I 1110 1110 ! 32
   Ennery Saint-Aubin Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 3 tower II 1110 1112 !! 33
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 4 tower II (a) 1110 1112 !! 34
   Foulangues Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 5 w crossing 1110 1114 !! 35
   Châlons-en-Champagne Notre-Dame-en-Vaux Châlonais Marne 1 5 W-w portal 1140 1142 !! 36
   Condé-sur-Aisne Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Aisne 3 3 west 1120 1121 !? 37
   Nointel Saint-Vaast Therain Oise 3 3 west door 1110 1112 38