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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.
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? FOUR ARTICLES
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Paired symmetrical tendrils in an S arrangement. Each tendril terminates in a bouquet that fills the space between them. The major bouquet hangs under the corner. The tendrils do not cross the framing branches (unlike Andre), and where they meet are often tied with a collar. Layouts have a clear sym[..]
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Carver: SS Master, 23 capitals in 42 jobs. Active: 1086-1133 Filtered by Certainty ?
- SS Master - ? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Saint-Martin-de-Bréthancourt - Phase 1
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - church (a-)
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- SS Master - ? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Saint-Martin-de-Bréthancourt - Phase 1
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - church (a-)
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- SS Master - ? - 1090 s [ 1092
- Nointel - Phase 1
- Saint-Vaast - nave
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- SS Master - ? - 1090 s [ 1092
- Nointel - Phase 1
- Saint-Vaast - nave
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- SS Master - ? - 1100 s [ 1103
- Villers-Saint-Paul - Phase 2
- Saint-Paul - nave (a)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
- SS Master - ? - 1100 s [ 1106
- Coulonges-Cohan - Phase 2
- Saints-Rufin-et-Valère - crossing (d)
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- SS Master - ? - 1110 s [ 1111
- Crandelain - Phase 3
- Saint-Martin - nave (a), W-w
- Second template, seems to be same designer
- SS Master - ? - 1110 s [ 1111
- Crandelain - Phase 3
- Saint-Martin - nave (a), W-w
- Second template, seems to be same designer
- SS Master - ? - 1110 s [ 1111
- Crandelain - Phase 3
- Saint-Martin - nave (a), W-w
- Second template, seems to be same designer
- SS Master - ? - 1110 s [ 1112
- Nouvion-le-Vineux - Phase 4
- Saint-Martin - tower II (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- SS Master - ? - 1110 s [ 1112
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 2
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- SS Master - ? - 1110 s [ 1113
- Mogneville - Phase 9
- Saint-Denis - north (v)
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
- SS Master - ? - 1110 s [ 1115
- Ouistreham - Phase 1
- Saint-Samson - west
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- SS Master - ? - 1110 s [ 1118
- Soissons - Phase 1
- Notre-Dame - nave (aw)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- SS Master - ? - 1120 s [ 1120
- Cerseuil - Phase 2
- Saint-Pierre - w nave (a)
- Second template, seems to be same designer
- SS Master - ? - 1120 s [ 1122
- Vendôme - Phase 3
- La Trinité - tower III
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
- SS Master - ? - 1120 s [ 1124
- Paris - Phase 2
- Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre - e crossing (c+)
- Third template, probably same designer
- SS Master - ? - 1120 s [ 1124
- Poissy - Phase 2
- Notre-Dame - north 2
- Third template, probably same designer
- SS Master - ? - 1120 s [ 1128
- Paris - Phase 11
- Saint-Martin-des-Champs - pier bases I
- Third template, probably same designer
- SS Master - ? - 1130 s [ 1131
- Urcel - Phase 7
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - apse 3
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate