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carvings in Grossteste manner

Carving styles ( 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.
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: Grossteste, 1 capitals in 28 jobs. Active: 1126-1126. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame Gâtinais Loiret 1 6 choir (t) 1090 1091 1
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 4 choir walls (a) 1130 1137 2
   Bellay-en-Vexin, Le Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Vexin Val-d'Oise 3 2 crossing (a) 1120 1125 3
   Damery Saint-Georges Marne Marne 3 2 crossing (c) 1140 1146 4
   Francastel Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite Beauvaisis Oise 3 1 east 1080 1084 5
   Lavannes Saint-Lambert Reimois Marne 3 3 east 1170 1173 6
   Morienval Saint-Denis Senlisis Oise 2 13 east (c) 1100 1103 7
   Cuise-la-Motte Saint-Martin Soissonais Oise 3 1 east, crossing 1160 1164 8
   Foulangues Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 10 n nave (a) 1130 1134 9
   Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello Saint-Lambert Therain Oise 3 5 nave (c)2 1110 1112 10
   Châteaudun Sainte-Madeleine Perche Eure-et-Loir 2 3 nave (d) 1120 1129 11
   Maule Saint-Nicolas Meulanois Yvelines 2 6 nave (t,c) 1120 1121 12
   Courcelles-sur-Viosne Saint-Lucien Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 3 tower 1120 1126 !! 13
   Thibie Saint-Symphorien Châlonais Marne 3 2 tower 1120 1123 14
   Warluis Saint-Lucien Beauvaisis Oise 3 2 tower I 1120 1120 15
   Crandelain Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 5 tower I 1110 1113 16
   Mogneville Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 12 tower I 1120 1122 17
   Deuil-la-Barre La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge Parisis Val-d'Oise 3 5 tower I, II 1090 1093 18
   Néry Saint-Martin Senlisis Oise 3 3 tower II 1130 1130 19
   Azy-sur-Marne Saint-Félix Marne Aisne 3 3 tower II 1090 1091 20
   Les Istres-et-Bury Sainte-Helene Châlonais Marne 3 2 tower II 1130 1136 21
   Crandelain Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 6 tower II 1120 1123 22
   Béthisy-Saint-Martin Saint-Martin Senlisis Oise 3 3 tower II 1130 1134 23
   Vendôme La Trinité Outliers Loir-et-Cher 2 2 tower II 1110 1115 24
   Saintines Saint-Médard Senlisis Oise 3 2 tower, spire 1110 1117 25
   Foulangues Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 5 w crossing 1110 1114 26
   Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello Saint-Lambert Therain Oise 3 2 west door 1080 1087 27
   Thiverny Saint-Leufroy Therain Oise 3 1 west door 1100 1106 28