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description of the Jumper manner

Carving styles (229 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.
Adrien 2c+
Apple I r2f oo
Apple II r2f oo
Apple III r2f oo
Aviateur Bf
AxHead H
Banniere tree
Birdman Bf+
Birdman-up Bc e
Bouquet 3c+
Bowline r3f
Bussiares Bf
Butterfly leaf f
Chrisomon geom
Comet hang
Countess r2 H
Curly hang
Cyprian 2f <>
Daniel 3c+ <>
Dominique 2f <>
Droopy hang
Duchess r2f H
Duke r2f HSp
DukeSon r2f H
Embrun r2c H
Entract cone
Faceter cone
Felix r3f HSp
Fiesta hang
Fretter 2c <>
Gamma 3X <>
Gregoire r3c HSp
Growl H
Heron r3c oo
Jalons 3f <>
Jeremy tree
Jerome tree
Meander r3
Nested Bc+ T>
Palmette 2#+ <>
Pecker Bc+
Pecker II Bc+
Peekaboo Bc
Rameau r3c H
Softly r3 H'
Sprout 2#+ <>
Strutter 2x tree
Victoire 2f <>
Yves tree 2f+
Yves II tree
Zac 2
Abelard 2c+
Applique 2c
Arum II 2f <>
Aubert 2c+ <>
Baptiste 2c+
Benoit 3cX e<>
Birdman-X B
Blunt 2c+
Boxer + geom
Button 2c +
Christophe 2c +
Clasper hang
Clement 2f + <>
Coiffure geom
Complexitus r2c oo
Counter r3f HSp
Coverall geom
Curtains 2# +
Entangle I r3c Sp
Entangle II r3c Sp
Entonnoir 2c#
Esteban Bx lines
Etienne 2f+ <>
Etouffant cone
Eugene 2c <>
Fabrice 2c <>
Fathead H
Festoon skirt
Firedog H
FlatStrap 2+ e
Fleurette 2f+ <>
Flopsie 2f
Florentin 2f +
Franck 3c T^ <>
Gaston 3c <>
Geometer geom
Gervais 2c <>
Gripple r2f oo
Gripple II r2f oo
Gripple III r2f oo
GrippleSon r2f oo
Grossteste H
Hanger 2# Tv
Hanger I 2# Tv
Hanger II 2# Tv
Hercule 2f <> e
Herve 3f <> e
Hooker r3f oo
Horace 3c <>
Hugues 2f <>
Igor the Mad 2f H
ImpostO geom
Isaie 2f+ <>
Joel 2c+ <>
Joseph 2c+ <>
Jumper 2c+
Knotter geom
Kraken 2f+ <> T^
Lapwing 3f+ <>
Lapwing II 3f <>
Lattice 2# H
Laurence 2fV <>
Layered 2#+
Lissier 2f+ <>
Lobelia 3f
LongLeaf r2f Tv
Loopy 2f <>
Lucien 2f+ <>
Lunge 3f+ <>
Marcel 3f+
Matthieu 3c+ <>
Maurice 2c <>
Metalico 2f+ <>
Multiplate 2f
Nazaire 2f <> T>
Nicolas 2fV <>
Noel 2f
Norm geom
Oda H
Odette H
Old Duke r2f H
Olive 2f <>
Olivier-C cone c
Olivier-T tree
Ouvert tree
Palmier tree 2f+ <>
Palmier II tree 2f+ <>
Palmleaf 2#+
Paneau r0
Papillon r2f <>
Pascal 2f+ <>
Philibert 2c+ <>
Philippe 2c+ <>
Pierre 2f <>
Pietro 2f+ <>
Pillow 2f
Pointed 3f+
Posie 2#+ tree
Prancer H 2c
Rampant I H
Rampant II H
Remplir geom
Rocket 2f+ <>
Roger 3c+ <>
Romain 3f <>
Routier 2f+ <>
Saisons H
Sebastien 3f+ <>
Serge 3fV <> T^
Severin 2c+ <>. Tv
Siamois H 2c
Skirt 2#
Solo H
Spiral twist
Spirex geom
SS II r2
SS III r2 oo
SS IV r2 oo
SS Master r2 oo
Stephanie 3f <>
Stolide H
Strap-X X r
Strapper X <>
Sylvestre 3f+ <>
The Eye 2f+ <>
The Italian H
The Ram H
Theodore r2c Sp X
Thibaut r3 H
Thierry r3 H Tv
Tongue 2c ++
Tortue 3f
TreeMan tree
Triad 2x #
Twingo 2c wave
Umbrella r2f+ <>
Union-J geom
Valerie 2c+ <>
Victoire II 2f <>
Victoire III 2f+ <>
Willow H
Winger r2
Xavier r3
Yannick H
Zacherie 2f
ZigZag geom
Acanthe f+
Apple IV r2c oo T^
Auguste 3X Tv
Banniere II tree
Belting r3f
Comet II hang G
CometSon hang
Damien 2f <>
Denis 2f <>
Dowager r2c HSp
Drago r2f H
Earwig r2f H
Fabian r3f oo
Fanny 2# +
Francois 3c+ Tv <>
Frothy 2#+
Garp 3X
Guirlande 2# <>
Headman cone #
Headman-2 cone #
Jacques 2f+ <>
Lazare 2f <> T^
Melinda r3
Patrice 3f+ <>
Remy 2f <>
Roquette 2f+ <>
Severin II 3c <> Tv
Treefern tree
Tung-Long 2f+
Urbain 2f+ <>;
Vereaux Bc
Vertical 2f <>

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.

large central leaf with sprigs jumping up into the astragal