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carvings in Multiplate 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: Multiplate, 0 capitals in 39 jobs. Active: -. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Trucy La Trinité Laonnois Aisne 3 1 apse (d) 1120 1122 1
   Fleury-en-Bière Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 3 7 nave (c) 1120 1128 2
   Gaillon-sur-Montcient Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Meulanois Yvelines 3 4 nave (a) 1110 1116 3
   Marissel Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Beauvaisis Oise 3 2 tower 1090 1092 4
   Croix-sur-Ourcq, La Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Soissonais Aisne 3 2 nave (a) 1060 1068 5
   Retheuil Saint-Aubin Soissonais Aisne 3 4 tower III 1080 1084 6
   Morienval Saint-Denis Senlisis Oise 2 13 east (c) 1100 1103 !! 7
   Airaines Saint-Denis Outliers Somme 3 1 nave 1110 1114 8
   Morienval Saint-Denis Senlisis Oise 2 7 e tower II 1080 1087 9
   Morienval Saint-Denis Senlisis Oise 2 12 apse (a) 1100 1102 10
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 7 choir (a) 1-4 1150 1158 11
   Azy-sur-Marne Saint-Félix Marne Aisne 3 3 tower II 1090 1091 12
   Puiseux-le-Hauberger Saint-Germain Therain Oise 3 1 east, south 1110 1119 13
   Paris Saint-Germain-des-Près Parisis Paris 1 14 choir (v)1 1150 1159 14
   Châtenay-Malabry Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois Parisis Hauts-de-Seine 3 3 east 1130 1131 15
   Étampes Saint-Gilles Parisis Essonne 3 1 church 1100 1107 16
   Oiry Saint-Hilaire Châlonais Marne 3 1 porch 1100 17
   Mortefontaine Saint-Hilaire Senlisis Aisne 3 1 tower 1070 1078 18
   Gournay-en-Bray Saint-Hildevert Beauvaisis Seine-Maritime 2 3 nave (a) 1070 1075 19
   Laon Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem Laonnois Aisne 3 2 church (a) 1070 1072 20
   Lavannes Saint-Lambert Reimois Marne 3 1 narthex 1130 1130 21
   Pont-Loup Saint-Loup Provinois Seine-et-Marne 3 2 nave 1150 1158 22
   Bonnesvalyn Saint-Martin Soissonais Aisne 3 13 tower II 1120 1125 23
   Bonneuil-en-Valois Saint-Martin Soissonais Oise 3 3 tower II 1070 1077 24
   Crandelain Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 6 tower II 1120 1123 25
   Breuil-le-Vert Saint-Martin Therain Oise 3 1 nave s 1070 1073 26
   Bonnesvalyn Saint-Martin Soissonais Aisne 3 5 apse 6c 1090 1094 27
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 4 tower II (a) 1110 1112 28
   Ducy Saint-Maurice Senlisis Oise 3 2 nave 1 1100 1108 !! 29
   Chivy-lès-Étouvelles Saint-Pierre Laonnois Aisne 3 6 nave (a) 1080 1085 30
   Champigneul-Champagne Saint-Remi Châlonais Marne 3 1 east, nave (a) 1120 1120 31
   Seraincourt Saint-Sulpice Meulanois Val-d'Oise 3 2 crossing (c) 1080 1080 32
   Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont Saint-Vaast Senlisis Oise 3 7 tower III 1090 1093 33
   Nogent-sur-Oise Saintes-Maure-et-Brigide Therain Oise 3 4 tower III 1090 1092 34
   Luzarches Saints-Côme-et-Damien Senlisis Val-d'Oise 3 1 apse 1080 1088 35
   Rhuis Saints-Gervais-et-Protais Senlisis Oise 3 6 tower III, spire 1080 1086 36
   Acy-en-Multien Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Oise 3 7 tower III, spire 1150 1155 37
   Santeuil Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 5 east (c) 1110 1113 38
   Santeuil Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 7 tower I 1110 1117 39