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carvings in Felix 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: Felix, 41 capitals in 44 jobs. Active: 1115-1141. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   1 N-s(a), campaigns A-B 1130 1135 1
   Urcel Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Laonnois Aisne 3 9 east 1130 1132 !! 2
   Bruyères-et-Montbérault La Visitation Laonnois Aisne 2 3 choir (a) 1120 1129 !? 3
   Urcel Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Laonnois Aisne 3 2 porch 1100 1104 !? 4
   Bourges Saint-Etienne Outliers Cher 1 1 south portal 1120 1127 ! 5
   Bourges Saint-Etienne Outliers Cher 1 2 north portal 1130 1134 ? 6
   Dijon Saint-Benigne Outliers Côte-d'Or 1 4 tympanum 1130 1134 7
   Etampes Notre-Dame-du-Fort Parisis Essonne 1 5 nave (a) 1110 1115 !! 8
   Ivry-la-Bataille Saint-Benoît Perche Eure 3 1 portal 1120 1121 ! 9
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 12 colonnettes centre, right 1130 1137 ! 10
   Patrixbourne Saint Mary Outliers Kent 3 1 nave 1130 1137 !? 11
   Rochester Cathedral Outliers Kent 1 1 west portal I 1130 1137 ! 12
   Angers Saint-Aubin Outliers Maine-et-Loire 3 2 chpt hse arch 1100 1109 ? 13
   Angers Saint-Maurice Outliers Maine-et-Loire 1 1 west portal drip 1130 1137 ! 14
   Cernay-lès-Reims Saint-Martin Reimois Marne 3 3 west wall 1120 1129 !! 15
   Cernay-lès-Reims Saint-Martin Reimois Marne 3 5 nave (c) 1150 1153 ! 16
   Vert-la-Gravelle Saint-Pierre Châlonais Marne 3 1 east 1080 1089 17
   Châlons-en-Champagne Notre-Dame-en-Vaux Châlonais Marne 1 6 W-s, porch 1140 1143 18
   Beauvais Saint-Étienne Beauvaisis Oise 1 6 n portal 1120 1122 ? 19
   Villers-Saint-Paul Saint-Paul Therain Oise 3 4 w portal 2 1130 1130 !! 20
   Senlis Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 1 4 west portal (b) 1150 1156 ? 21
   Lavilletertre Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite Vexin Oise 3 4 west portal 1110 1117 ! 22
   Aguilar de Campo Santa Maria la Real Outliers Palencia 3 1 cloister 1120 1127 ? 23
   Paris Saint-Germain-des-Près Parisis Paris 1 11 ambulatory (a) 1140 1142 ! 24
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 9 pier base G (aw) 1120 1126 ! 25
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 13 choir (a) I 1130 1130 !? 26
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 14 choir (a) II 1130 1131 !? 27
   Sacra di San Michele San Michele Outliers Piedmont 2 3 portal jambs 1120 1125 !! 28
   Mans, Le Saint-Julien Outliers Sarthe 1 1 nave walls 1100 1108 ? 29
   Mans, Le Saint-Julien Outliers Sarthe 1 2 south portal 1120 1128 !! 30
   Saint-Loup-de-Naud Saint-Loup-de-Sens Provinois Seine-et-Marne 3 5 portal 1120 1123 !! 31
   May-en-Multien Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Soissonais Seine-et-Marne 3 4 nave 1 (c) 1150 1153 !? 32
   Jumièges Notre-Dame Outliers Seine-Maritime 1 3 north (a) 1110 1128 ! 33
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 25 choir windows 1140 1143 ! 34
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 4 colonnette (Cluny) 1130 1131 !? 35
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 8 narthex aisle (a) 1130 1132 !? 36
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 10 narthex aisle windows 1130 1133 !! 37
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 22 choir walls (a) 1140 1141 ! 38
   Moissac Saint-Pierre Outliers Tarn-et-Garonne 1 4 chapter house 1120 1127 !? 39
   Santillana del Mar Santa Juliana Outliers Tipperary 2 1 cloister 1120 1127 !? 40
   Poissy Notre-Dame Parisis Yvelines 3 3 south 1 1130 1136 !? 41
   Mantes-la-Jolie Notre-Dame Meulanois Yvelines 1 2 W-c (b) 1150 1156 !? 42
   Carrières-sur-Seine Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Louvre) Parisis Yvelines 3 1 triptych 1130 1131 !! 43
   Meulan Saint-Nicolas Meulanois Yvelines 3 1 remnants 1120 1123 !? 44