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

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Courmelles Saint-Georges Soissonais Aisne 3 2 east walls 1150 1157 1
   Berzy-le-Sec Saint-Quentin Soissonais Aisne 3 3 Nave arcade and lower west 1160 1167 2
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 3 choir piers (a) 1150 1157 3
   Presles-et-Thierny Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin Laonnois Aisne 3 9 porch 1160 1165 4
   Laon Bishops Chapel Laonnois Aisne 3 2 upper level 1160 1160 5
   Vichel-Nanteuil Saints-Crépin-et-Crépinien Soissonais Aisne 3 2 tower II 1150 1155 6
   Saint-Agnan Saint-Agnan Marne Aisne 3 1 east, crossing e 1150 1158 7
   Laon Notre-Dame Laonnois Aisne 1 34 nave (t,c) 1180 1182 8
   Étiolles Saint-Martin Parisis Essonne 3 1 crossing 1160 1168 9
   Canterbury Cathedral Outliers Kent 1 1 wall dado 1-6 1170 1174 10
   Arcis-le-Ponsart Notre-Dame Soissonais Marne 3 4 nave (c) 1160 1167 11
   Athis Saint-Remi Châlonais Marne 3 3 nave (a) 1140 1145 12
   Dampierre-sur-Moivre Saint-Laurent Châlonais Marne 3 3 apse 1170 1178 13
   Ambonnay Saint-Réol Châlonais Marne 3 2 nave (a) N 1150 1158 14
   Jâlons Saint-Ephrem Châlonais Marne 3 2 apse, nave (a) 1150 1156 15
   Châlons-en-Champagne Notre-Dame-en-Vaux Châlonais Marne 1 16 nave (g) 1170 1173 16
   Ambonnay Saint-Réol Châlonais Marne 3 4 apse (c) 1160 1164 17
   Jâlons Saint-Ephrem Châlonais Marne 3 3 porch 1160 1162 18
   Châlons-en-Champagne Notre-Dame-en-Vaux Châlonais Marne 1 17 nave (t,c) 1170 1174 19
   Vraux Saint-Laurent Châlonais Marne 3 5 tower 1150 1156 20
   Châlons-en-Champagne Notre-Dame-en-Vaux Châlonais Marne 1 20 choir (g+) 1170 1177 21
   Les Istres-et-Bury Sainte-Helene Châlonais Marne 3 2 tower II 1130 1136 22
   Laigneville Saint-Remi Therain Oise 3 5 east 1160 1167 23
   Acy-en-Multien Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Oise 3 3 nave (a) 1130 1133 24
   Gilocourt Saint-Martin Senlisis Oise 3 1 nave piers 1150 1153 25
   Catenoy Saint-Michel-et-Vaast Therain Oise 3 5 crossing (v) 1130 1138 26
   Bonneuil-en-Valois Saint-Martin Soissonais Oise 3 6 north 1150 1150 27
   Thourotte La Nativite Noyonnais Oise 3 1 church 1150 1158 28
   Boullarre Saint-Étienne Soissonais Oise 3 3 east (c) 1150 1155 29
   Noël-Saint-Martin Saint-Martin Senlisis Oise 3 4 east 1130 1139 ! 30
   Vaumoise Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Soissonais Oise 3 2 crossing 1130 1138 31
   Beauvais Saint-Étienne Beauvaisis Oise 1 9 nave 3-5 (a) 1130 1136 32
   Cambronne-lès-Clermont Saint-Étienne Therain Oise 2 8 n nave (a) 1150 1154 33
   Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello Saint-Lambert Therain Oise 3 6 nave (c)3 1130 1131 34
   Angy Saint-Nicolas Therain Oise 3 3 east 1150 1157 35
   Frocourt Saint-Fuscien Beauvaisis Oise 3 2 tower II 1160 1160 36
   Senlis Notre-Dame Senlisis Oise 1 9 choir (g) 1160 1160 37
   Paris Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre Parisis Paris 2 6 nave (t,c) 1160 1161 38
   Paris Notre-Dame Parisis Paris 1 4 choir walls II 1160 1164 39
   Paris Saint-Germain-des-Près Parisis Paris 1 11 ambulatory (a) 1140 1142 40
   Provins Saint-Quirace Provinois Seine-et-Marne 1 7 choir (cw) 1160 1166 41
   Provins Chapelle Comtal Provinois Seine-et-Marne 3 1 chapel 1170 1176 ! 42
   Provins Saint-Quirace Provinois Seine-et-Marne 1 3 e choir (a) 1150 1154 43
   Provins Saint-Quirace Provinois Seine-et-Marne 1 6 choir (c) 1160 1164 44
   Fosses Saint-Étienne Senlisis Val-d'Oise 3 2 east shafts 1150 1155 45
   Bellefontaine Saint-Étienne Senlisis Val-d'Oise 3 1 apse, north 1120 1125 46
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 14 flyers 1-7 1160 1165 47
   Verneuil-sur-Seine Saint-Martin Meulanois Yvelines 3 6 nave (c) 1160 1166 48
   Mantes-la-Jolie Notre-Dame Meulanois Yvelines 1 2 W-c (b) 1150 1156 49
   Vernouillet Saint-Étienne Meulanois Yvelines 3 4 east 1150 1159 50
   Mantes-la-Jolie Notre-Dame Meulanois Yvelines 1 7 church (a) 1170 1177 51
   Autouillet Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Meulanois Yvelines 3 1 east, tower 1160 1165 ! 52
   Juziers Saint-Michel Meulanois Yvelines 2 1 east (d) 1150 1150 53
   Verneuil-sur-Seine Saint-Martin Meulanois Yvelines 3 5 nave (a) 1160 1165 54