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carvings in Willow 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: Willow, 1 capitals in 22 jobs. Active: 1129-1129. Filtered by Certainty ALL.

  Origin Monument Region Dept Priority Phase Description Decade Detail Date Certainty Job
   Bruyères-et-Montbérault La Visitation Laonnois Aisne 2 3 choir (a) 1120 1129 1
   Gassicourt Sainte-Anne Meulanois Yvelines 3 1 nave (a) 1110 1116 2
   Villennes-sur-Seine Saint-Nicolas Meulanois Yvelines 3 1 east 1110 1115 3
   Dijon Saint-Benigne Outliers Côte-d'Or 1 3 cloister 1130 1132 4
   Vendôme La Trinité Outliers Loir-et-Cher 2 2 tower II 1110 1115 5
   Mans, Le Saint-Julien Outliers Sarthe 1 1 nave walls 1100 1108 6
   Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville Saint-Georges Outliers Seine-Maritime 2 3 west (a) 1110 1112 7
   Jumièges Notre-Dame Outliers Seine-Maritime 1 2 narthex (g) 1110 1118 8
   Paris Saint-Martin-des-Champs Parisis Paris 1 16 choir (a+) 1130 1131 ? 9
   Évreux Notre-Dame Perche Eure 2 3 nave 6 1140 1140 10
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 7 WN(a) 1130 1133 11
   Chartres Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Perche Eure-et-Loir 1 12 colonnettes north, left 1130 1137 12
   Provins Saint-Ayoul Provinois Seine-et-Marne 2 2 w portals 1 1120 1129 ! 13
   Saint-Loup-de-Naud Saint-Loup-de-Sens Provinois Seine-et-Marne 3 5 portal 1120 1123 14
   Crépy-en-Valois Saint-Arnoul Senlisis Oise 3 1 crypt 1080 1089 15
   Lagery Saint-Martin Soissonais Marne 3 1 east 1160 1168 16
   Mont-Notre-Dame Notre-Dame Soissonais Aisne 2 1 crypt 1070 1074 17
   Santeuil Saints-Pierre-et-Paul Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 5 east (c) 1110 1113 18
   Auvers-sur-Oise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 8 east (a) 1 1110 1118 19
   Pontoise Saint-Maclou Vexin Val-d'Oise 2 1 chapels 1120 1120 20
   Lavilletertre Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite Vexin Oise 3 3 w nave (a-) 1110 1116 21
   Sens Saint-Étienne Yonne Yonne 1 2 choir (d) 1130 1134 22