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carvings in Strapper 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: Strapper, 0 capitals in 54 jobs. Active: -. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Acy-en-Multien Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Oise 3 3 nave (a) 1130 1133 1
   Arcis-le-Ponsart Notre-Dame Soissonais Marne 3 4 nave (c) 1160 1167 2
   Arcy-Sainte-Restitue Saint-Martin Soissonais Aisne 2 5 s nave (g) 1170 1172 3
   Boult-sur-Suippe Sainte-Croix Reimois Marne 3 2 east 1180 1181 4
   Cernay-lès-Reims Saint-Martin Reimois Marne 3 4 nave piers 1150 1152 5
   Cernay-lès-Reims Saint-Martin Reimois Marne 3 5 nave (c) 1150 1153 6
   Chartres Saint-André Perche Eure-et-Loir 3 3 nave (a) 1140 1142 7
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 25 level 2 caps, campaign O 1150 1155 8
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 11 WN(1) caps [Camp-11] 1130 1137 9
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 26 octagon, campaign P 1150 1156 ! 10
   Chartres Saint-André Perche Eure-et-Loir 3 1 transepts 1130 1138 11
   Chartres Saint-Pierre Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 4 s 3-5 1160 1165 12
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 17 WN2(a) 1140 1140 13
   Corcy Saint-Alban Soissonais Aisne 3 1 apse 1170 1170 14
   Coucy-le-Château Saint-Sauveur Laonnois Aisne 3 3 west (r) 1160 1161 15
   Coulonges-Cohan Saints-Rufin-et-Valère Soissonais Aisne 3 8 nave (a) 1150 1156 16
   Cuise-la-Motte Saint-Martin Soissonais Oise 3 1 east, crossing 1160 1164 17
   Dampierre-sur-Moivre Saint-Laurent Châlonais Marne 3 1 crossing 1130 1136 18
   Dampierre-sur-Moivre Saint-Laurent Châlonais Marne 3 2 nave (a) 1130 1132 19
   Hermonville Saint-Sauveur Reimois Marne 3 9 porch 1160 1169 20
   Jaulnes Saint-Pierre Provinois Seine-et-Marne 3 1 east 1170 1173 21
   Lagery Saint-Martin Soissonais Marne 3 1 east 1160 1168 22
   Laigneville Saint-Remi Therain Oise 3 5 east 1160 1167 ! 23
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 3 choir piers (a) 1150 1157 24
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 11 south e (d) 1160 1169 25
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 20 south (g) 1170 1178 26
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 29 south (c) 1180 1180 27
   Lhuys Saints-Médard-et-Gildard Soissonais Aisne 3 8 north 1160 1167 28
   Lhuys Saints-Médard-et-Gildard Soissonais Aisne 3 9 east (c) 1160 1168 29
   Loches Saint-Ours Outliers Indre-et-Loire 2 1 porch 1140 1148 30
   Loupeigne Saints-Rufin-et-Valère Soissonais Aisne 3 1 east 1170 1170 31
   Marolles Sainte-Genevieve Soissonais Oise 3 4 tower III, spire 1120 1120 ! 32
   May-en-Multien Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Soissonais Seine-et-Marne 3 4 nave 1 (c) 1150 1153 33
   Mercin-et-Vaux Saint-Léger Soissonais Aisne 3 4 apse 3 1160 1160 34
   Mons-en-Laonnois Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Laonnois Aisne 2 4 east (a) 1160 1168 35
   Morienval Saint-Denis Senlisis Oise 2 15 north 1160 1160 ! 36
   Morsain Saint-Denis Soissonais Aisne 3 1 apse 1160 1163 37
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 12 s aisle (a) 1160 1162 38
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 14 n aisle (a) 1160 1163 39
   Noyon La Nativite-de-Notre-Dame Noyonnais Oise 1 11 choir (g) piers 1170 1173 40
   Noyon La Nativite-de-Notre-Dame Noyonnais Oise 1 25 nave 4-7 (g) 1180 1188 41
   Noyon La Nativite-de-Notre-Dame Noyonnais Oise 1 29 nave 3-8 (g) 1190 1190 42
   Noyon La Nativite-de-Notre-Dame Noyonnais Oise 1 7 choir (g) wall 1160 1169 43
   Noyon La Nativite-de-Notre-Dame Noyonnais Oise 1 9 north (d) 1170 1171 44
   Orbais-l'Abbaye Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Marne Marne 1 3 choir (a) 1150 1159 45
   Orbais-l'Abbaye Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Marne Marne 1 4 choir piers 1180 1182 46
   Pernant Saint-Léger Soissonais Aisne 3 4 nave, W-w 1160 1168 47
   Plailly Saint-Martin Senlisis Oise 3 2 nave (a) 1130 1135 ! 48
   Pontpoint Saint-Gervais Senlisis Oise 3 6 east, crossing 1160 1165 49
   Presles-et-Thierny Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin Laonnois Aisne 3 9 porch 1160 1165 50
   Reims Saint-Remi Reimois Marne 1 21 choir (c) 1170 1174 51
   Saconin-et-Breuil Saints-Gervais-et-Protais Soissonais Aisne 3 3 nave piers 1160 1162 52
   Soilly Saint-Martin Marne Marne 3 1 apse 1130 1130 53
   Voulton Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Provinois Seine-et-Marne 3 5 nave 5-6 piers 1170 1171 54