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carvings in Loopy 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: Loopy, 3 capitals in 35 jobs. Active: 1078-1160. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Crusade I 1095- -
   Crusade II 1146- -
   Mervilliers barn Perche Eure-et-Loir 3 1 portal 1070 1078 !! 1
   Laon Bishops Chapel Laonnois Aisne 3 2 upper level 1160 1160 !! 2
   Petit-Quevilly, Le Chapelle Saint-Julien Outliers Seine-Maritime 3 1 east (d) 1130 1135 3
   Paris Notre-Dame Parisis Paris 1 4 choir walls II 1160 1164 4
   Lesges Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Soissonais Aisne 3 2 apse (a) 1110 1115 5
   Auvers-sur-Oise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 7 east (a) 1110 1114 6
   Lavilletertre Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite Vexin Oise 3 5 nave (a) 1110 1118 7
   Etampes Notre-Dame-du-Fort Parisis Essonne 1 31 choir n(c+) 1140 1145 8
   Orléans Saint-Aignan Outliers Loiret 3 1 crypt 1070 1076 9
   Foulangues Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 5 w crossing 1110 1114 10
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 18 narthex upper chapel (aw) 1130 1138 11
   Foulangues Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 6 west (b), w1 (c) 1110 1115 12
   Foulangues Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 4 e crossing 1110 1113 13
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 21 choir (u) 1140 1140 14
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 3 north, jamb panels 1120 1129 !? 15
   Creil Saint-Evremont Therain Oise 3 1 east 1120 1124 16
   Presles-et-Thierny Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin Laonnois Aisne 3 7 south 1120 1127 17
   Presles-et-Thierny Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin Laonnois Aisne 3 9 porch 1160 1165 18
   Laon Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem Laonnois Aisne 3 2 church (a) 1070 1072 ! 19
   Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello Saint-Lambert Therain Oise 3 4 nave (c)1 1110 1111 20
   Thiverny Saint-Leufroy Therain Oise 3 1 west door 1100 1106 21
   Bury Saint-Lucien Therain Oise 2 2 n nave (a) 1100 1105 22
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 2 tower I 1110 1110 23
   Crandelain Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 7 east (c) 1120 1124 24
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 4 tower II (a) 1110 1112 ! 25
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 5 tower III 1110 1116 26
   Béthancourt-en-Valois Saint-Médard Senlisis Oise 3 2 nave, portal 1080 1082 27
   Saintines Saint-Médard Senlisis Oise 3 2 tower, spire 1110 1117 28
   Catenoy Saint-Michel-et-Vaast Therain Oise 3 4 portal 1090 1090 29
   Loches Saint-Ours Outliers Indre-et-Loire 2 1 porch 1140 1148 30
   Paris Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre Parisis Paris 2 7 apse 1160 1165 31
   Athis Saint-Remi Châlonais Marne 3 3 nave (a) 1140 1145 32
   Nointel Saint-Vaast Therain Oise 3 4 tower, west 1110 1114 33
   Viel-Arcy Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Aisne 3 2 apse (a) 1100 1108 34
   Viel-Arcy Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Aisne 3 1 apse (d) 1100 1107 35