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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: Strap-X, 38 capitals in 28 jobs. Active: 1072-1124. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Crusade I 1095- -
   Avrechy Saint-Lucien Beauvaisis Oise 3 1 apse 1110 1119 ! 1
   Santeuil Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 2 apse (b) 1080 1087 ! 2
   Laon Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem Laonnois Aisne 3 2 church (a) 1070 1072 ! 3
   Saint-Martin-de-Bréthancourt Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Perche Yvelines 3 1 church (a-) 1080 1086 ! 4
   Rhuis Saints-Gervais-et-Protais Senlisis Oise 3 2 church (b) 1080 1082 ! 5
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 1 crossing 1120 1122 !! 6
   Louveciennes Saint-Martin Parisis Yvelines 3 1 crossing 1100 1109 !! 7
   Fleury-en-Bière Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 3 2 crossing w 1090 1091 ! 8
   Caen La Trinite Outliers Calvados 1 1 crypt 1090 1090 ! 9
   Guéron Saint-Germain Outliers Calvados 3 1 east 1080 1088 10
   Vert-la-Gravelle Saint-Pierre Châlonais Marne 3 1 east 1080 1089 ! 11
   Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville Saint-Georges Outliers Seine-Maritime 2 2 east (a,aw) 1110 1110 ! 12
   Auvers-sur-Oise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 5 n chapel (aw) 1090 1094 ! 13
   Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 1 2 narthex (a) 1110 1112 14
   Pogny Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite Châlonais Marne 3 1 nave 1110 1118 !? 15
   Courtisols Saint-Memmie Châlonais Marne 3 3 nave 1100 1106 ! 16
   Deuil-la-Barre La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge Parisis Val-d'Oise 3 3 nave (a) 1080 1089 ! 17
   Lhuys Saints-Médard-et-Gildard Soissonais Aisne 3 2 nave (a) 1100 1106 ! 18
   Paris Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre Parisis Paris 2 3 nave n (a) 1120 1124 ! 19
   Rhuis Saints-Gervais-et-Protais Senlisis Oise 3 7 s chapel 1090 1090 ! 20
   Arthies Saint-Aignan Meulanois Val-d'Oise 3 1 tower base 1080 1083 ! 21
   Louvres Saint-Rieul Senlisis Val-d'Oise 3 1 tower base 1080 1089 ! 22
   Château-Landon Saint-André Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 3 1 tower base 1100 1105 ! 23
   Saint-Gervais Saint-Gervais Meulanois Val-d'Oise 3 1 tower base 1070 1078 ! 24
   Crandelain Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 5 tower I 1110 1113 25
   Deuil-la-Barre La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge Parisis Val-d'Oise 3 5 tower I, II 1090 1093 ! 26
   Crandelain Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 6 tower II 1120 1123 27
   Bury Saint-Lucien Therain Oise 2 5 w nave (a) 1110 1114 ! 28