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carvings in Headman 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: Headman, 54 capitals in 49 jobs. Active: 1081-1126. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Crusade I 1095- -
   Oulchy-le-Chateau Notre-Dame Soissonais Aisne 2 3 tower I 1080 1084 ! 1
   Vic-sur-Aisne Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Soissonais Aisne 3 2 nave (a) 1070 1075 2
   Etampes Notre-Dame-du-Fort Parisis Essonne 1 7 south (a) 1110 1117 !? 3
   Morigny-Champigny La Trinité Parisis Essonne 3 1 nave 1080 1088 !! 4
   Saint-Martin-du-Val Saint-Hilaire Perche Eure-et-Loir 3 1 crypt 1080 1082 !! 5
   London Tower Chapel Outliers Greater London 2 1 chapel 1080 1081 !! 6
   Orléans Saint-Aignan Outliers Loiret 3 1 crypt 1070 1076 7
   Cerisy-la-Foret Saint-Vigor Outliers Manche 2 1 Choir, crossing 1080 1088 !! 8
   Vert-la-Gravelle Saint-Pierre Châlonais Marne 3 1 east 1080 1089 !? 9
   Pocancy Saint-Louvent Châlonais Marne 3 1 apse 1100 1112 !? 10
   Oiry Saint-Hilaire Châlonais Marne 3 1 porch 1100 11
   Lastingham Saint Mary Outliers North Yorkshire 3 1 crypt 1080 1081 !! 12
   Bury Saint-Lucien Therain Oise 2 2 n nave (a) 1100 1105 ! 13
   Morienval Saint-Denis Senlisis Oise 2 5 nave 1080 1085 !! 14
   Pontpoint Chapelle de Rouffiac Senlisis Oise 3 1 nave 1090 1091 !! 15
   Nogent-sur-Oise Saintes-Maure-et-Brigide Therain Oise 3 3 tower II 1080 1088 ! 16
   Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont Saint-Vaast Senlisis Oise 3 7 tower III 1090 1093 ! 17
   Morienval Saint-Denis Senlisis Oise 2 8 e tower III 1080 1088 ! 18
   Borest Sainte-Genevieve Senlisis Oise 3 1 tower 1080 1088 !! 19
   Sacy-le-Grand Saint-Germain Therain Oise 3 1 nave 1070 1078 20
   Fay-Saint-Quentin, Le Saint-Laurent Beauvaisis Oise 3 1 east 1080 1088 !! 21
   Noël-Saint-Martin Saint-Martin Senlisis Oise 3 2 tower II 1080 1084 ! 22
   Esches Saint-Remi Therain Oise 3 1 east 1070 ! 23
   Parnes Saint-Josse Meulanois Oise 3 2 apse (a) 1090 1091 !? 24
   Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont Saint-Vaast Senlisis Oise 3 6 tower II 1090 1092 ! 25
   Morienval Saint-Denis Senlisis Oise 2 9 e tower IV 1090 1090 ! 26
   Paris Saint-Germain-des-Près Parisis Paris 1 2 nave (a) 1080 1087 !! 27
   Paris Saint-Germain-des-Près Parisis Paris 1 4 tower IV 1090 1092 !! 28
   Mans, Le Notre-Dame-du-Pre Outliers Sarthe 3 3 nave (c) 1120 1126 ! 29
   Fleury-en-Bière Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 3 4 nave (a) 1120 1126 !! 30
   Château-Landon Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 2 6 choir (c) 1120 1122 !! 31
   Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville Saint-Georges Outliers Seine-Maritime 2 4 north, south (a) 1120 1126 !? 32
   Gournay-en-Bray Saint-Hildevert Beauvaisis Seine-Maritime 2 2 w crossing 1070 1074 33
   Deuil-la-Barre La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge Parisis Val-d'Oise 3 1 crossing (a) 1080 1086 !! 34
   Auvers-sur-Oise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 8 east (a) 1 1110 1118 ! 35
   Luzarches Saints-Côme-et-Damien Senlisis Val-d'Oise 3 1 apse 1080 1088 36
   Cormeilles-en-Vexin Saint-Martin Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 2 nave piers , crossing 1100 1108 !! 37
   Ennery Saint-Aubin Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 3 tower II 1110 1112 !! 38
   Cergy Saint-Christophe Vexin Val-d'Oise 3 1 crossing 1110 1115 !! 39
   Ennery Saint-Aubin Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 1 crossing e 1090 1094 !! 40
   Courcelles-sur-Viosne Saint-Lucien Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 1 tower base 1100 1107 !! 41
   Cormeilles-en-Vexin Saint-Martin Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 1 crossing 1080 1083 !! 42
   Jouy-le-Moutier La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 1 crossing 1090 1094 !! 43
   Ennery Saint-Aubin Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 2 tower I 1100 1109 !! 44
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 4 choir walls (a) 1130 1137 !? 45
   Gaillon-sur-Montcient Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Meulanois Yvelines 3 4 nave (a) 1110 1116 ! 46
   Villennes-sur-Seine Saint-Nicolas Meulanois Yvelines 3 4 west (c) 1120 1122 !! 47
   Fontenay-Saint-Père Saint-Denis Meulanois Yvelines 3 1 east, tower 1080 1087 !! 48
   Poissy Notre-Dame Parisis Yvelines 3 1 north 1 1110 1118 !! 49