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carvings in Heron 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: Heron, 111 capitals in 31 jobs. Active: 1104-1164. Filtered by Certainty .

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Angers Saint-Aubin Outliers Maine-et-Loire 3 2 chpt hse arch 1100 1109 1
   Angers Saint-Maurice Outliers Maine-et-Loire 1 1 west portal drip 1130 1137 ? 2
   Aulnay-sous-Bois Saint-Sulpice Parisis Seine-St-Denis 3 1 east 1130 1133 !? 3
   Bougival Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Parisis Yvelines 3 1 crossing 1130 1136 !! 4
   Bourges Saint-Etienne Outliers Cher 1 2 north portal 1130 1134 ? 5
   Bourges Saint-Etienne Outliers Cher 1 1 south portal 1120 1127 !! 6
   Bury Saint-Lucien Therain Oise 2 2 n nave (a) 1100 1105 ?? 7
   Chars Saint-Sulpice Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 3 nave (a) 1140 1142 !! 8
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 14 colonnettes centre, left 1130 1138 !! 9
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 18 colonnettes 4 1140 1140 !! 10
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 12 colonnettes centre, left 1130 1137 ? 11
   Crusade II 1146- -
   Etampes Notre-Dame-du-Fort Parisis Essonne 1 8 nave (c) 1110 1118 !! 12
   Ferté-Alais, La Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Parisis Essonne 3 2 east (c) 1130 1139 ! 13
   Louvres Saint-Justin Senlisis Val-d'Oise 3 1 west door 1130 1135 ! 14
   Mans, Le Saint-Julien Outliers Sarthe 1 2 south portal 1120 1128 !! 15
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 16 choir (a+) 1130 1131 ! 16
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 9 pier base G (aw) 1120 1126 !! 17
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 21 choir (c) 1130 1135 ! 18
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 13 choir (a) I 1130 1130 !? 19
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 6 pier base D (d) 1120 1123 ?? 20
   Pernant Saint-Léger Soissonais Aisne 3 2 crossing 1140 1144 ? 21
   Reims Saint-Remi (Museum) Reimois Marne 3 1 items 1130 1132 ! 22
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 27 north portal Stage 1 1140 1145 !! 23
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 22 choir walls (a) 1140 1141 ? 24
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 25 choir windows 1140 1143 !! 25
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 4 colonnette (Cluny) 1130 1131 !! 26
   Senlis Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 1 9 choir (g) 1160 1160 ! 27
   Senlis Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 1 3 east piers (a) 1150 1155 ! 28
   Senlis Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 1 8 w portal (a) 1150 1159 ?? 29
   Trie-Château Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Vexin Oise 3 1 narthex (b) 1160 1164 ! 30
   Urcel Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Laonnois Aisne 3 2 porch 1100 1104 ?? 31