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carvings in The Eye 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: The Eye, 0 capitals in 31 jobs. Active: -. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Château-Landon Saint-André Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 3 1 tower base 1100 1105 ! 1
   Viel-Arcy Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Aisne 3 2 apse (a) 1100 1108 2
   Latilly Saint-Laurent Soissonais Aisne 3 2 crossing 1110 1111 3
   Luzarches Saints-Côme-et-Damien Senlisis Val-d'Oise 3 2 north 1110 1115 4
   Ouistreham Saint-Samson Outliers Calvados 2 1 west 1110 1115 ! 5
   Bruyères-sur-Oise Saint-Vivien Therain Val-d'Oise 3 3 tower II 1110 1118 6
   Puiseux-le-Hauberger Saint-Germain Therain Oise 3 1 east, south 1110 1119 7
   Ully-Saint-Georges Saint-Georges Therain Oise 3 1 east 1120 1120 8
   Château-Landon Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Gâtinais Seine-et-Marne 2 6 choir (c) 1120 1122 9
   Corroy La Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge Châlonais Marne 3 1 nave, trans, crossing 1120 1122 10
   Foulangues Saint-Denis Therain Oise 3 9 s nave (c) 1120 1124 11
   Bourgogne Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Reimois Marne 2 3 east 1130 1130 12
   Breuil-sur-Vesle Notre-Dame Soissonais Marne 3 1 apse, crossing 1130 1130 13
   Champeaux Saint-Martin Parisis Seine-et-Marne 3 3 crossing (c) 1130 1132 14
   Acy-en-Multien Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Oise 3 4 crossing w1 1130 1135 15
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 3 choir piers (a) 1130 1136 16
   Catenoy Saint-Michel-et-Vaast Therain Oise 3 5 crossing (v) 1130 1138 17
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 17 WN2(a) 1140 1140 ! 18
   Fresnoy-en-Thelle Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 3 2 tower base 1140 1142 19
   Athis Saint-Remi Châlonais Marne 3 3 nave (a) 1140 1145 20
   Jâlons Saint-Ephrem Châlonais Marne 3 2 apse, nave (a) 1150 1156 21
   Vraux Saint-Laurent Châlonais Marne 3 5 tower 1150 1156 22
   Saint-Agnan Saint-Agnan Marne Aisne 3 1 east, crossing e 1150 1158 23
   Laon Bishops Chapel Laonnois Aisne 3 1 lower level 1150 1159 24
   Laon Bishops Chapel Laonnois Aisne 3 2 upper level 1160 1160 25
   Nouvion-le-Vineux Saint-Martin Laonnois Aisne 3 9 apse (a) 1160 1160 26
   Senlis Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 1 9 choir (g) 1160 1160 27
   Coucy-le-Château Saint-Sauveur Laonnois Aisne 3 3 west (r) 1160 1161 28
   Val-Chrétien Notre-Dame Soissonais Aisne 3 2 nave 1170 1173 29
   Mantes-la-Jolie Notre-Dame Meulanois Yvelines 1 7 church (a) 1170 1177 30
   Orbais-l'Abbaye Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Marne Marne 1 7 choir (c) 1190 1197 31