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carvings in Olive 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: Olive, 8 capitals in 42 jobs. Active: 1114-1161. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Crusade II 1146- -
   Laon Bishops Chapel Laonnois Aisne 3 2 upper level 1160 1160 !! 1
   Corroy La Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge Châlonais Marne 3 1 nave, trans, crossing 1120 1122 2
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 5 choir (g) 1160 1161 !! 3
   Senlis Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 1 9 choir (g) 1160 1160 4
   Auvers-sur-Oise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 7 east (a) 1110 1114 !! 5
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 21 choir (u) 1140 1140 ! 6
   Foulangues Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 8 s nave (a) 1110 1118 ! 7
   Jâlons Saint-Ephrem Châlonais Marne 3 2 apse, nave (a) 1150 1156 8
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 8 nave (a) 1-6 1150 1158 ! 9
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 3 choir piers (a) 1130 1136 ! 10
   Cambronne-lès-Clermont Saint-Étienne Therain Oise 2 6 crossing (a) 1130 1132 11
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 4 choir walls (a) 1130 1137 12
   Cambronne-lès-Clermont Saint-Étienne Therain Oise 2 13 tower II, spire 1160 1163 13
   Damery Saint-Georges Marne Marne 3 1 nave, W-w 1120 1121 ! 14
   Presles-et-Thierny Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin Laonnois Aisne 3 9 porch 1160 1165 ! 15
   Saint-Germer-de-Fly Saint-Germer Beauvaisis Oise 1 4 chapels (av) 1150 1151 16
   Gournay-en-Bray Saint-Hildevert Beauvaisis Seine-Maritime 2 3 nave (a) 1070 1075 ! 17
   Gournay-en-Bray Saint-Hildevert Beauvaisis Seine-Maritime 2 5 east I (a) 1080 1087 18
   Saâcy-sur-Marne Saint-Jean-Baptiste Marne Seine-et-Marne 3 1 east 1130 1133 !! 19
   Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello Saint-Lambert Therain Oise 3 4 nave (c)1 1110 1111 ! 20
   Vraux Saint-Laurent Châlonais Marne 3 4 nave 1140 1140 21
   Beaumont-sur-Oise Saint-Laurent Therain Val-d'Oise 3 1 east 1160 1165 22
   Saint-Loup-de-Naud Saint-Loup-de-Sens Provinois Seine-et-Marne 3 4 nave (a) 1120 1123 ! 23
   Couvrelles Saint-Lubin Soissonais Aisne 2 2 old apse 1120 1122 24
   Courcelles-sur-Viosne Saint-Lucien Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 3 tower 1120 1126 ! 25
   Courcelles-sur-Viosne Saint-Lucien Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 1 tower base 1100 1107 26
   Béthisy-Saint-Martin Saint-Martin Senlisis Oise 3 3 tower II 1130 1134 27
   Canly Saint-Martin Noyonnais Oise 3 1 crossing 1120 1121 28
   Arcy-Sainte-Restitue Saint-Martin Soissonais Aisne 2 2 east (c) 1120 1125 !! 29
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 5 tower III 1110 1116 ! 30
   Senlis Saint-Maurice Senlisis Oise 3 1 castle chapel 1120 1124 ! 31
   Acy Saint-Medard Soissonais Aisne 3 3 tower 1160 1165 32
   Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 1 3 narthex (g) 1110 1115 ! 33
   Villers-Saint-Paul Saint-Paul Therain Oise 3 4 w portal 2 1130 1130 ! 34
   Crugny Saint-Pierre Soissonais Marne 3 2 tower II 1120 1127 !! 35
   Bazoches-sur-Vesles Saint-Pierre Soissonais Aisne 3 3 west 1160 1166 36
   Béthisy-Saint-Pierre Saint-Pierre Senlisis Oise 3 1 east 1130 1139 37
   Cerseuil Saint-Pierre Soissonais Aisne 3 4 west crossing 1120 1125 !! 38
   Ambonnay Saint-Réol Châlonais Marne 3 4 apse (c) 1160 1164 39
   Breteuil-sur-Noye Saints-Cyr-et-Juliette Beauvaisis Oise 3 1 east 1130 1130 40
   Saconin-et-Breuil Saints-Gervais-et-Protais Soissonais Aisne 3 2 east 1130 1133 41
   Acy-en-Multien Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Oise 3 3 nave (a) 1130 1133 ! 42