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carvings in SS Master 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: SS Master, 23 capitals in 42 jobs. Active: 1086-1133. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Crusade I 1095- -
   Paris Saint-Aignan Parisis Paris 3 1 apse 1110 1119 ! 1
   Viel-Arcy Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Aisne 3 2 apse (a) 1100 1108 ! 2
   Urcel Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Laonnois Aisne 3 7 apse 3 1130 1131 ? 3
   Senlis Saint-Maurice Senlisis Oise 3 1 castle chapel 1120 1124 !! 4
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 13 choir (a) I 1130 1130 ! 5
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 14 choir (a) II 1130 1131 ! 6
   Etampes Notre-Dame-du-Fort Parisis Essonne 1 13 choir (c+) 1120 1126 ! 7
   Angers Saint-Aubin Outliers Maine-et-Loire 3 2 chpt hse arch 1100 1109 ! 8
   Saint-Martin-de-Bréthancourt Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Perche Yvelines 3 1 church (a-) 1080 1086 ? 9
   Paris Sainte-Geneviève Parisis Paris 3 3 Cluny museum 1130 1138 !! 10
   Coulonges-Cohan Saints-Rufin-et-Valère Soissonais Aisne 3 2 crossing (d) 1100 1106 ? 11
   Paris Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre Parisis Paris 2 2 e crossing (c+) 1120 1124 ? 12
   Arcy-Sainte-Restitue Saint-Martin Soissonais Aisne 2 1 east (a) 1120 1124 !? 13
   Auvers-sur-Oise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 5 n chapel (aw) 1090 1094 !! 14
   Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 1 2 narthex (a) 1110 1112 ! 15
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 8 narthex aisle (a) 1130 1132 !! 16
   Saint-Denis-en-France Saint-Denis Parisis Seine-St-Denis 1 18 narthex upper chapel (aw) 1130 1138 !! 17
   Nointel Saint-Vaast Therain Oise 3 1 nave 1090 1092 ? 18
   Villers-Saint-Paul Saint-Paul Therain Oise 3 2 nave (a) 1100 1103 ! 19
   Berneuil-sur-Aisne Saint-Remi Soissonais Oise 3 1 nave (a) 1090 1091 ! 20
   Crandelain Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 3 nave (a), W-w 1110 1111 ? 21
   Soissons Notre-Dame Soissonais Aisne 3 1 nave (aw) 1110 1118 !? 22
   Châteaudun Sainte-Madeleine Perche Eure-et-Loir 2 3 nave (d) 1120 1129 !! 23
   Etampes Notre-Dame-du-Fort Parisis Essonne 1 6 north (a) 1110 1116 !! 24
   Mogneville Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 9 north (v) 1110 1113 ? 25
   Poissy Notre-Dame Parisis Yvelines 3 2 north 2 1120 1124 ? 26
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 9 pier base G (aw) 1120 1126 !! 27
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 11 pier bases I 1120 1128 ? 28
   Catenoy Saint-Michel-et-Vaast Therain Oise 3 4 portal 1090 1090 ! 29
   Bury Saint-Lucien Therain Oise 2 4 S-s portal 1110 1110 ?? 30
   Mans, Le Saint-Julien Outliers Sarthe 1 2 south portal 1120 1128 !! 31
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 4 tower II (a) 1110 1112 ? 32
   Vendôme La Trinité Outliers Loir-et-Cher 2 3 tower III 1120 1122 ! 33
   Nanteuil-en-Vallée Poitiers (Musée Sainte-Croix) Outliers Charente 3 1 Unknown 1130 1135 !! 34
   Cerseuil Saint-Pierre Soissonais Aisne 3 2 w nave (a) 1120 1120 ? 35
   Villers-Saint-Paul Saint-Paul Therain Oise 3 4 w portal 2 1130 1130 !! 36
   Autheuil-en-Valois Saint-Martin Soissonais Oise 3 1 W-w 1130 1137 ! 37
   Urcel Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Laonnois Aisne 3 10 w1 entry 1130 1133 ? 38
   Ouistreham Saint-Samson Outliers Calvados 2 1 west 1110 1115 ? 39
   Léry Saint-Ouen Outliers Eure 3 1 west 1110 1115 !! 40
   Cerseuil Saint-Pierre Soissonais Aisne 3 4 west crossing 1120 1125 ! 41
   Coucy-le-Château Saint-Sauveur Laonnois Aisne 3 1 west portal 1120 1125 ? 42