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carvings in Gamma 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: Gamma, 37 capitals in 58 jobs. Active: 1130-1182. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   7 n capitals 1130 1139 1
   Crusade II 1146- -
   Santo Domingo de Silos Cloister Outliers Burgos 1 3 upper cloister 1170 1170 ! 2
   Noyon La Nativite-de-Notre-Dame Noyonnais Oise 1 11 choir (g) piers 1170 1173 !! 3
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 34 nave (t,c) 1180 1182 !! 4
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 9 choir (cw) 1160 1166 !! 5
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 5 choir (g) 1160 1161 !? 6
   Rully Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 3 4 nave 1140 1142 ! 7
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 11 south e (d) 1160 1169 ! 8
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 7 choir (t) 1160 1163 !! 9
   Paris Notre-Dame Parisis Paris 1 4 choir walls II 1160 1164 ! 10
   Cunault Notre-Dame Outliers Maine-et-Loire 2 2 nave 1140 1140 !! 11
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 25 level 2 caps, campaign O 1150 1155 ! 12
   Thiescourt Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Noyonnais Oise 3 2 apse, crossing 1160 1163 !! 13
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 17 WN2(a) 1140 1140 !! 14
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 7 WN(a) 1130 1133 ! 15
   Autouillet Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Meulanois Yvelines 3 1 east, tower 1160 1165 !! 16
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 26 octagon, campaign P 1150 1156 ! 17
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 22 lancet caps interior 1140 1144 ! 18
   May-en-Multien Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Soissonais Seine-et-Marne 3 4 nave 1 (c) 1150 1153 ! 19
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 8 WN(a+) 1130 1134 ! 20
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 6 N-s(a-) [camp-6] 1130 1132 ! 21
   Baulne-en-Brie Saint-Barthèlemy Marne Aisne 3 2 south 1160 1169 !? 22
   Villeneuve-sur-Verberie Saint-Barthélémy Senlisis Oise 3 1 apse 1160 1162 ! 23
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 21 choir (u) 1140 1140 !! 24
   Morsain Saint-Denis Soissonais Aisne 3 1 apse 1160 1163 ! 25
   Cambronne-lès-Clermont Saint-Étienne Therain Oise 2 11 s nave (a) 1160 1161 !! 26
   Cambronne-lès-Clermont Saint-Étienne Therain Oise 2 12 nave (c) 1160 1162 !! 27
   Cambronne-lès-Clermont Saint-Étienne Therain Oise 2 8 n nave (a) 1150 1154 !? 28
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 8 nave (a) 1-6 1150 1158 !! 29
   Boullarre Saint-Étienne Soissonais Oise 3 3 east (c) 1150 1155 !! 30
   Glennes Saint-Georges Soissonais Aisne 3 6 s chapel (b) 1160 1164 !! 31
   Fossoy Saint-Georges Marne Aisne 3 1 apse 1160 1160 !! 32
   Saint-Germer-de-Fly Saint-Germer Beauvaisis Oise 1 5 east, nave (av) 1150 1152 ! 33
   Saint-Germer-de-Fly Saint-Germer Beauvaisis Oise 1 16 choir (c) 1160 1162 ! 34
   Gournay-en-Bray Saint-Hildevert Beauvaisis Seine-Maritime 2 9 choir (a) 1160 1162 ! 35
   Mans, Le Saint-Julien Outliers Sarthe 1 5 nave piers 5- 1130 1139 !? 36
   Mans, Le Saint-Julien Outliers Sarthe 1 4 nave piers 1-4 1130 1134 !! 37
   Blois Saint-Laumer Outliers Loir-et-Cher 1 1 choir (a) 1140 1143 ! 38
   Cires-lès-Mello Saint-Martin Therain Oise 3 1 apse walls, transept (c) 1160 1161 !? 39
   Cernay-lès-Reims Saint-Martin Reimois Marne 3 5 nave (c) 1150 1153 40
   Bourg-et-Comin Saint-Martin Soissonais Aisne 3 1 church 1160 1166 ! 41
   Verneuil-sur-Seine Saint-Martin Meulanois Yvelines 3 5 nave (a) 1160 1165 !! 42
   Isse Saint-Martin Châlonais Marne 3 1 east (a) 1160 1167 !! 43
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 13 choir (a) I 1130 1130 !! 44
   Épieds Saint-Médard Soissonais Aisne 3 2 east 1150 1154 !! 45
   Guignicourt Saint-Pierre Reimois Aisne 3 5 east (cw) 1160 1166 !! 46
   Provins Saint-Quirace Provinois Seine-et-Marne 1 5 choir (t) 1150 1158 ! 47
   Reims Saint-Remi Reimois Marne 1 14 east (a) 1160 1168 ! 48
   Reims Saint-Remi Reimois Marne 1 10 west (a) 1160 1162 !! 49
   Corbeil-Essonnes Saint-Spire Parisis Essonne 2 2 n1 chapel 1130 1130 !? 50
   Chars Saint-Sulpice Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 4 nave (c) 1160 1160 ! 51
   Guyencourt Saints-Cyr-et-Julitte Soissonais Aisne 3 1 nave 1160 1162 !! 52
   Lhuys Saints-Médard-et-Gildard Soissonais Aisne 3 9 east (c) 1160 1168 !? 53
   Lhuys Saints-Médard-et-Gildard Soissonais Aisne 3 8 north 1160 1167 !! 54
   Mons-en-Laonnois Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Laonnois Aisne 2 4 east (a) 1160 1168 !! 55
   Orbais-l'Abbaye Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Marne Marne 1 2 choir (d) 1150 1155 ! 56
   Orbais-l'Abbaye Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Marne Marne 1 3 choir (a) 1150 1159 !! 57
   Loupeigne Saints-Rufin-et-Valère Soissonais Aisne 3 1 east 1170 1170 ! 58