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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: Triad, 0 capitals in 22 jobs. Active: -. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Pontpoint Chapelle de Rouffiac Senlisis Oise 3 1 nave 1090 1091 1
   Celles-lès-Condé La Nativité Marne Aisne 3 2 tower I, 2 1080 1081 2
   Caen La Trinite Outliers Calvados 1 1 crypt 1090 1090 3
   Oulchy-le-Chateau Notre-Dame Soissonais Aisne 2 6 nave (a) 1080 1086 4
   Jumièges Notre-Dame Outliers Seine-Maritime 1 1 nave (a) 1060 1080 ! 5
   Mont-Notre-Dame Notre-Dame Soissonais Aisne 2 1 crypt 1070 1074 6
   Arthies Saint-Aignan Meulanois Val-d'Oise 3 1 tower base 1080 1083 7
   Retheuil Saint-Aubin Soissonais Aisne 3 3 tower II 1080 1082 8
   Retheuil Saint-Aubin Soissonais Aisne 3 4 tower III 1080 1084 9
   Morienval Saint-Denis Senlisis Oise 2 5 nave 1080 1085 10
   Guéron Saint-Germain Outliers Calvados 3 1 east 1080 1088 11
   Paris Saint-Germain-des-Près Parisis Paris 1 2 nave (a) 1080 1087 ! 12
   Dormans Saint-Hippolyte Marne Marne 3 1 crossing 1080 1085 13
   Courville Saint-Julien Soissonais Marne 3 2 nave (a) 1080 1084 14
   Vraux Saint-Laurent Châlonais Marne 3 2 crossing 1080 1084 15
   Montlevon Saint-Martin Marne Aisne 3 4 nave (a) 1080 1088 16
   Romigny Saint-Medard Soissonais Marne 3 1 church 1070 1079 17
   Pontpoint Saint-Pierre Senlisis Oise 3 1 nave (a) 1060 1068 ! 18
   Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame Gâtinais Loiret 1 5 choir (a) 1080 1088 19
   Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame Gâtinais Loiret 1 3 narthex (a) 1080 1086 20
   Thibie Saint-Symphorien Châlonais Marne 3 1 crossing 1080 1088 21
   Saint-Thibault-de-Bazoches Saint-Thibault Soissonais Aisne 3 1 nave 1070 1074 22