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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: Fathead, 0 capitals in 43 jobs. Active: -. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 1 2 narthex (a) 1110 1112 1
   Paris Saint-Germain-des-Près Parisis Paris 1 11 ambulatory (a) 1140 1142 2
   Etampes Notre-Dame-du-Fort Parisis Essonne 1 8 nave (c) 1110 1118 3
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 21 choir (u) 1140 1140 4
   Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 1 1 nave (a) 1090 1092 5
   Lessay Sainte-Trinite Outliers Manche 2 1 east (a) 1080 1088 6
   Maule Saint-Nicolas Meulanois Yvelines 2 1 crypt 1100 1105 7
   Château-Landon Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 2 6 choir (c) 1120 1122 8
   Châteaudun Sainte-Madeleine Perche Eure-et-Loir 2 3 nave (d) 1120 1129 9
   Grez-sur-Loing Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Laurent Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 2 3 north (c) 1130 1135 10
   Oulchy-le-Chateau Notre-Dame Soissonais Aisne 2 2 central block 1080 1082 11
   Berneuil-sur-Aisne Saint-Remi Soissonais Oise 3 1 nave (a) 1090 1091 12
   Labruyère Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Therain Oise 3 1 east 1070 1076 13
   Courville Saint-Julien Soissonais Marne 3 2 nave (a) 1080 1084 14
   Cernay-lès-Reims Saint-Martin Reimois Marne 3 5 nave (c) 1150 1153 15
   Urcel Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Laonnois Aisne 3 2 porch 1100 1104 16
   Allonne Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation Beauvaisis Oise 3 3 tower I, II 1090 1093 17
   Chef-du-Pont Saint-Colombe Outliers Manche 3 2 apse (a) 1120 1128 18
   Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont Saint-Vaast Senlisis Oise 3 7 tower III 1090 1093 19
   Bonnesvalyn Saint-Martin Soissonais Aisne 3 3 south-w (a) 1080 1085 ! 20
   Crandelain Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 1 crossing (a) 1070 1078 21
   Chartres Saint-André Perche Eure-et-Loir 3 2 west portal 1140 1141 22
   Villennes-sur-Seine Saint-Nicolas Meulanois Yvelines 3 3 1120 1120 1121 23
   Angers Saint-Aubin Outliers Maine-et-Loire 3 3 s cloister 1100 1109 24
   Sacy-le-Grand Saint-Germain Therain Oise 3 1 nave 1070 1078 25
   Fontenay-Saint-Père Saint-Denis Meulanois Yvelines 3 1 east, tower 1080 1087 26
   Chivy-lès-Étouvelles Saint-Pierre Laonnois Aisne 3 6 nave (a) 1080 1085 27
   Saintines Saint-Médard Senlisis Oise 3 2 tower, spire 1110 1117 28
   Bruyères-sur-Oise Saint-Vivien Therain Val-d'Oise 3 3 tower II 1110 1118 29
   Croix-sur-Ourcq, La Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Soissonais Aisne 3 3 crossing 1060 1069 30
   Athis Saint-Remi Châlonais Marne 3 1 tower base 1110 1112 31
   Francastel Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite Beauvaisis Oise 3 1 east 1080 1084 32
   Courtisols Saint-Memmie Châlonais Marne 3 1 crossing 1070 1072 33
   Catenoy Saint-Michel-et-Vaast Therain Oise 3 2 tower II 1090 1090 34
   Seraincourt Saint-Sulpice Meulanois Val-d'Oise 3 2 crossing (c) 1080 1080 35
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 4 tower II (a) 1110 1112 36
   Deuil-la-Barre La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge Parisis Val-d'Oise 3 5 tower I, II 1090 1093 37
   Auger-Saint-Vincent Saint-Caprais Senlisis Oise 3 1 crossing 1080 1080 38
   Courtisols Saint-Julien Châlonais Marne 3 1 nave 1070 1073 39
   Cernay-lès-Reims Saint-Martin Reimois Marne 3 4 nave piers 1150 1152 40
   Soissons Notre-Dame Soissonais Aisne 3 1 nave (aw) 1110 1118 41
   Duclair Saint-Denis Outliers Seine-Maritime 3 1 crossing 1110 1114 42
   Châtenay-Malabry Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois Parisis Hauts-de-Seine 3 1 n chapel, tower I 1080 1085 43