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carvings in Growl 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.
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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: Growl, 42 capitals in 26 jobs. Active: 1112-1167. Filtered by Certainty .

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 4 tower II (a) 1110 1112 !! 1
   Lavilletertre Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite Vexin Oise 3 3 w nave (a-) 1110 1116 ! 2
   Saintines Saint-Médard Senlisis Oise 3 2 tower, spire 1110 1117 ! 3
   Latilly Saint-Laurent Soissonais Aisne 3 3 tower 1110 1118 ! 4
   Lavilletertre Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite Vexin Oise 3 6 nave (aw) 1110 1119 ! 5
   Théméricourt Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Meulanois Val-d'Oise 3 1 crossing 1120 1120 !? 6
   Mareil-sur-Mauldre Saint-Martin Meulanois Yvelines 3 2 south (a,v) 1130 1130 ! 7
   Aulnay-sous-Bois Saint-Sulpice Parisis Seine-St-Denis 3 1 east 1130 1133 !! 8
   Saconin-et-Breuil Saints-Gervais-et-Protais Soissonais Aisne 3 2 east 1130 1133 ?? 9
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 23 choir (cw) 1130 1137 ! 10
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 4 choir walls (a) 1130 1137 ! 11
   Cunault Notre-Dame Outliers Maine-et-Loire 2 2 nave 1140 1140 !! 12
   Lierval La Nativité Laonnois Aisne 3 2 east (a) 1140 1144 !! 13
   Crusade II 1146- -
   Oulchy-le-Chateau Notre-Dame Soissonais Aisne 2 8 choir (c) 1150 1153 !! 14
   Oulchy-le-Chateau Notre-Dame Soissonais Aisne 2 9 choir (cw) 1150 1154 15
   Fosses Saint-Étienne Senlisis Val-d'Oise 3 2 east shafts 1150 1155 ! 16
   Courmelles Saint-Georges Soissonais Aisne 3 2 east walls 1150 1157 !? 17
   Vernouillet Saint-Étienne Meulanois Yvelines 3 4 east 1150 1159 ! 18
   Cambronne-lès-Clermont Saint-Étienne Therain Oise 2 12 nave (c) 1160 1162 ! 19
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 16 crossing (c) 1160 1163 !! 20
   Provins Saint-Quirace Provinois Seine-et-Marne 1 6 choir (c) 1160 1164 !! 21
   Merval Saint-Martin Soissonais Aisne 3 1 apse 1160 1165 !? 22
   Voulton Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Provinois Seine-et-Marne 3 2 choir a-1 (c) 1160 1165 !! 23
   Verneuil-sur-Seine Saint-Martin Meulanois Yvelines 3 6 nave (c) 1160 1166 ! 24
   Ambleny Saint-Martin Soissonais Aisne 3 4 piers 1160 1167 !? 25
   Lhuys Saints-Médard-et-Gildard Soissonais Aisne 3 8 north 1160 1167 ! 26