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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: Pointed, 0 capitals in 28 jobs. Active: -. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Corbeil-Essonnes Saint-Spire Parisis Essonne 2 2 n1 chapel 1130 1130 ! 1
   Noyon La Nativite-de-Notre-Dame Noyonnais Oise 1 1 chapels (d) 1130 1133 2
   Acy-en-Multien Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Oise 3 6 east (a) 1130 1138 3
   Vaumoise Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Oise 3 2 crossing 1130 1138 4
   Fresnoy-en-Thelle Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 3 2 tower base 1140 1142 5
   Athis Saint-Remi Châlonais Marne 3 3 nave (a) 1140 1145 6
   Bougligny La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 3 1 east 1150 1150 7
   Bransles Saint-Loup-de-Dens Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 3 2 east 1150 1150 8
   Hardricourt Saint-Germain-de-Paris Meulanois Yvelines 3 3 tower 1150 1153 9
   Provins Saint-Quirace Provinois Seine-et-Marne 1 5 choir (t) 1150 1158 10
   Saint-Pathus Saint-Pathus Senlisis Seine-et-Marne 3 1 nave 1150 1158 11
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 8 nave (a) 1-6 1150 1158 12
   Orbais-l'Abbaye Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Marne Marne 1 3 choir (a) 1150 1159 13
   Fossoy Saint-Georges Marne Aisne 3 1 apse 1160 1160 14
   Plailly Saint-Martin Senlisis Oise 3 5 crpssing (a) 1160 1160 15
   Senlis Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 1 9 choir (g) 1160 1160 16
   Senlis Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 1 12 west (c) 1160 1162 17
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 18 lantern caps 1160 1164 18
   Paris Notre-Dame Parisis Paris 1 4 choir walls II 1160 1164 19
   Provins Saint-Quirace Provinois Seine-et-Marne 1 6 choir (c) 1160 1164 20
   Paris Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre Parisis Paris 2 7 apse 1160 1165 21
   Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 1 7 choir (g) 1160 1165 22
   Provins Saint-Quirace Provinois Seine-et-Marne 1 7 choir (cw) 1160 1166 23
   Arcis-le-Ponsart Notre-Dame Soissonais Marne 3 4 nave (c) 1160 1167 24
   Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 1 6 east walls 1160 1167 25
   Lhuys Saints-Médard-et-Gildard Soissonais Aisne 3 9 east (c) 1160 1168 26
   Boigneville Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Gâtinais Essonne 3 3 nave (c) 1170 1171 27
   Lavannes Saint-Lambert Reimois Marne 3 3 east 1170 1173 28