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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.
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? FOUR ARTICLES
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Tails attached to each side of the corner crocket so looks like comets trailing symmetrical wings. Sometimes the tails hang, or curl around to meet underneath the crocket. The spread of the tail often depends on the space to be filled between the corner and the middle, most evident in the smaller ca[..]
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Carver: Comet, 46 capitals in 25 jobs. Active: 1076-1139 Filtered by Certainty ALL
![](files/capitals/LABRUYER/thumbs/Labruyere crossing 02.jpg)
- Comet - ? - 1070 s [ 1076
- Labruyère - Phase 1
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - east
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
![](files/capitals/LABRUYER/thumbs/Labruyere crossing 03.jpg)
- Comet - ? - 1070 s [ 1076
- Labruyère - Phase 1
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - east
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
![](files/capitals/BITRY/thumbs/Bitry tower base 05.jpg)
- Comet - ! - 1070 s [ 1077
- Bitry - Phase 1
- Saints-Sulpice-et-Antoine - chapel
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/CH-LDN-N/thumbs/Chateau-Landun [phase 1] nave (a) 07.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1070 s [ 1078
- Château-Landon - Phase 2
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - west (a)
- From master's core template, obdurate stone
![](files/capitals/CH-LDN-N/thumbs/Chateau-Landun [phase 1] nave (a) 08.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1070 s [ 1078
- Château-Landon - Phase 2
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - west (a)
- From master's core template, obdurate stone
![](files/capitals/PONT-SM/thumbs/Pont-St-Mard nave (c) 07.jpg)
- Comet - ! - 1070 s [ 1078
- Pont-Saint-Mard - Phase 1
- Saint-Medard - west wall
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
![](files/capitals/CH-LDN-N/thumbs/Chateau-Landun [phase 2] nave (c) 07.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1070 s [ 1079
- Château-Landon - Phase 3
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - west (c)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/S-LEGR-B/thumbs/St-Leger-au-Bois west 02.jpg)
- Comet - ? - 1070 s [ 1079
- Saint-Léger-aux-Bois - Phase 2
- Saint-Leger - nave, crossing (c))
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/S-LEGR-B/thumbs/St-Leger-au-Bois west 03.jpg)
- Comet - ! - 1070 s [ 1079
- Saint-Léger-aux-Bois - Phase 2
- Saint-Leger - nave, crossing (c))
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/RETHEUIL/thumbs/Retheuil tower I 03.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1080 s [ 1080
- Retheuil - Phase 2
- Saint-Aubin - tower I
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/OULCHY-C/thumbs/Oulchy-le-Chateau tower I 09.jpg)
- Comet - ! - 1080 s [ 1084
- Oulchy-le-Chateau - Phase 3
- Notre-Dame - tower I
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/MORIENVA/thumbs/Morienval nave (a) 02.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1085
- Morienval - Phase 5
- Saint-Denis - nave
- Design imposed on this carver by another
![](files/capitals/MORIENVA/thumbs/Morienval nave (a) 01.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1085
- Morienval - Phase 5
- Saint-Denis - nave
- Design imposed on this carver by another
![](files/capitals/DEUIL-B/thumbs/DEUIL-B-1-003.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1080 s [ 1086
- Deuil-la-Barre - Phase 1
- La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge - crossing (a)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
![](files/capitals/DEUIL-B/thumbs/DEUIL-B-1-004.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1080 s [ 1086
- Deuil-la-Barre - Phase 1
- La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge - crossing (a)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
![](files/capitals/OULCHY-C/thumbs/Oulchy-le-Chateau nave(a)05.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Oulchy-le-Chateau - Phase 6
- Notre-Dame - nave (a)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
![](files/capitals/OULCHY-C/thumbs/Oulchy-le-Chateau nave(a)04.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Oulchy-le-Chateau - Phase 6
- Notre-Dame - nave (a)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
![](files/capitals/S-BEN-LR/thumbs/St-Benoit-sur-Loire [phase 9] narthex (c) 15.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire - Phase 4
- Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame - narthex (g)
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
![](files/capitals/S-BEN-LR/thumbs/St-Benoit-sur-Loire [phase 9] narthex (c) 14.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire - Phase 4
- Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame - narthex (g)
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
![](files/capitals/S-BEN-LR/thumbs/St-Benoit-sur-Loire [phase 9] narthex (c) 16.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire - Phase 4
- Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame - narthex (g)
- Design imposed on this carver by another
![](files/capitals/S-BEN-LR/thumbs/St-Benoit-sur-Loire [phase 5] choir (a) 06.jpg)
- Comet - ? - 1080 s [ 1088
- Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire - Phase 5
- Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame - choir (a)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/CRPY-V-A/thumbs/Crepy St-Arnoul crypt 08.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1089
- Crépy-en-Valois - Phase 1
- Saint-Arnoul - crypt
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/CRPY-V-A/thumbs/Crepy St-Arnoul crypt 10.jpg)
- Comet - !? - 1080 s [ 1089
- Crépy-en-Valois - Phase 1
- Saint-Arnoul - crypt
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/ACY-M/thumbs/Acy-en-Mu;tien tower base 14.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1090
- Acy-en-Multien - Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - tower base
- Core template
![](files/capitals/ACY-M/thumbs/Acy-en-Mu;tien tower base 13.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1090
- Acy-en-Multien - Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - tower base
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/PARNES/thumbs/Parnes apse (d) 05.jpg)
- Comet - ! - 1090 s [ 1090
- Parnes - Phase 1
- Saint-Josse - apse (d)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/ROUFFIAC/thumbs/Rouffiac chapel 04.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1091
- Pontpoint - Phase 1
- Chapelle de Rouffiac - nave
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/ROUFFIAC/thumbs/Rouffiac chapel 02.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1091
- Pontpoint - Phase 1
- Chapelle de Rouffiac - nave
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/ROUFFIAC/thumbs/Rouffiac chapel 01.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1091
- Pontpoint - Phase 1
- Chapelle de Rouffiac - nave
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/ROUFFIAC/thumbs/Rouffiac chapel 06.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1091
- Pontpoint - Phase 1
- Chapelle de Rouffiac - nave
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/WSaae(a)x.jpg)
- Comet - ! - 1090 s [ 1092
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 1
- Saint-Nicolas - nave (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/WSaae(a).jpg)
- Comet - ! - 1090 s [ 1092
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 1
- Saint-Nicolas - nave (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/JOUY-MOU/thumbs/Jouy-le-Moutier crossing 05.jpg)
- Comet - !! - 1090 s [ 1094
- Jouy-le-Moutier - Phase 1
- La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge - crossing
- Core template