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Carving styles (229 total)

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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.
Abelard 2c+
Acanthe f+
Adrien 2c+
Apple I r2f oo
Apple II r2f oo
Apple III r2f oo
Apple IV r2c oo T^
Applique 2c
Arum II 2f <>
Aubert 2c+ <>
Auguste 3X Tv
Aviateur Bf
AxHead H
Banniere tree
Banniere II tree
Baptiste 2c+
Belting r3f
Benoit 3cX e<>
Birdman Bf+
Birdman-up Bc e
Birdman-X B
Blunt 2c+
Bouquet 3c+
Bowline r3f
Boxer + geom
Bussiares Bf
Butterfly leaf f
Button 2c +
Chrisomon geom
Christophe 2c +
Clasper hang
Clement 2f + <>
Coiffure geom
Comet hang
Comet II hang G
CometSon hang
Complexitus r2c oo
Counter r3f HSp
Countess r2 H
Coverall geom
Curly hang
Curtains 2# +
Cyprian 2f <>
Damien 2f <>
Daniel 3c+ <>
Denis 2f <>
Dominique 2f <>
Dowager r2c HSp
Drago r2f H
Droopy hang
Duchess r2f H
Duke r2f HSp
DukeSon r2f H
Earwig r2f H
Embrun r2c H
Entangle I r3c Sp
Entangle II r3c Sp
Entonnoir 2c#
Entract cone
Esteban Bx lines
Etienne 2f+ <>
Etouffant cone
Eugene 2c <>
Fabian r3f oo
Fabrice 2c <>
Faceter cone
Fanny 2# +
Fathead H
Felix r3f HSp
Festoon skirt
Fiesta hang
Firedog H
FlatStrap 2+ e
Fleurette 2f+ <>
Flopsie 2f
Florentin 2f +
Franck 3c T^ <>
Francois 3c+ Tv <>
Fretter 2c <>
Frothy 2#+
Gamma 3X <>
Garp 3X
Gaston 3c <>
Geometer geom
Gervais 2c <>
Gregoire r3c HSp
Gripple r2f oo
Gripple II r2f oo
Gripple III r2f oo
GrippleSon r2f oo
Grossteste H
Growl H
Guirlande 2# <>
Hanger 2# Tv
Hanger I 2# Tv
Hanger II 2# Tv
Headman cone #
Headman-2 cone #
Hercule 2f <> e
Heron r3c oo
Herve 3f <> e
Hooker r3f oo
Horace 3c <>
Hugues 2f <>
Igor the Mad 2f H
ImpostO geom
Isaie 2f+ <>
Jacques 2f+ <>
Jalons 3f <>
Jeremy tree
Jerome tree
Joel 2c+ <>
Joseph 2c+ <>
Jumper 2c+
Knotter geom
Kraken 2f+ <> T^
Lapwing 3f+ <>
Lapwing II 3f <>
Lattice 2# H
Laurence 2fV <>
Layered 2#+
Lazare 2f <> T^
Lissier 2f+ <>
Lobelia 3f
LongLeaf r2f Tv
Loopy 2f <>
Lucien 2f+ <>
Lunge 3f+ <>
Marcel 3f+
Matthieu 3c+ <>
Maurice 2c <>
Meander r3
Melinda r3
Metalico 2f+ <>
Multiplate 2f
Nazaire 2f <> T>
Nested Bc+ T>
Nicolas 2fV <>
Noel 2f
Norm geom
Oda H
Odette H
Old Duke r2f H
Olive 2f <>
Olivier-C cone c
Olivier-T tree
Ouvert tree
Palmette 2#+ <>
Palmier tree 2f+ <>
Palmier II tree 2f+ <>
Palmleaf 2#+
Paneau r0
Papillon r2f <>
Pascal 2f+ <>
Patrice 3f+ <>
Pecker Bc+
Pecker II Bc+
Peekaboo Bc
Philibert 2c+ <>
Philippe 2c+ <>
Pierre 2f <>
Pietro 2f+ <>
Pillow 2f
Pointed 3f+
Posie 2#+ tree
Prancer H 2c
Rameau r3c H
Rampant I H
Rampant II H
Remplir geom
Remy 2f <>
Rocket 2f+ <>
Roger 3c+ <>
Romain 3f <>
Roquette 2f+ <>
Routier 2f+ <>
Saisons H
Sebastien 3f+ <>
Serge 3fV <> T^
Severin 2c+ <>. Tv
Severin II 3c <> Tv
Siamois H 2c
Skirt 2#
Softly r3 H'
Solo H
Spiral twist
Spirex geom
Sprout 2#+ <>
SS II r2
SS III r2 oo
SS IV r2 oo
SS Master r2 oo
Stephanie 3f <>
Stolide H
Strap-X X r
Strapper X <>
Strutter 2x tree
Sylvestre 3f+ <>
The Eye 2f+ <>
The Italian H
The Ram H
Theodore r2c Sp X
Thibaut r3 H
Thierry r3 H Tv
Tongue 2c ++
Tortue 3f
Treefern tree
TreeMan tree
Triad 2x #
Tung-Long 2f+
Twingo 2c wave
Umbrella r2f+ <>
Union-J geom
Urbain 2f+ <>;
Valerie 2c+ <>
Vereaux Bc
Vertical 2f <>
Victoire 2f <>
Victoire II 2f <>
Victoire III 2f+ <>
Willow H
Winger r2
Xavier r3
Yannick H
Yves tree 2f+
Yves II tree
Zac 2
Zacherie 2f
ZigZag geom

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.

Twelve to eight sides at the base, rising to support a central panel or decoration. The lower two-thirds is undecorated. Cartouches etc added in upper centre or the 'V' cleavage emphasised with decorative edges in middle years. Crockets are large, curled and almost symmetrical. No creatures. There are many minor decorative items that could be by this carver or than his crew, though do not forget those that have been restored. Two or more facets on each side become slightly concave in a few later capitals. Altogether this makes for a formidable collection and gives some idea of how many capitals of the simpler sort could be carved in a lifetime. More than a hundred survived from the work of over 40 years.