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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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Twelve to eight sides at the base, rising to support a central panel or decoration. The lower two-thirds is undecorated. Cartouches etc added in upper centre or the 'V' cleavage emphasised with decorative edges in middle years. Crockets are large, curled and almost symmetrical. No creatures. There a[..]
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Carver: Faceter, 105 capitals in 49 jobs. Active: 1085-1128 Filtered by Certainty ALL
![](files/capitals/BONNESVA/thumbs/Bonnesvalyn south, W1(a) 04.jpg)
- Faceter - ?? - 1080 s [ 1085
- Bonnesvalyn - Phase 3
- Saint-Martin - south-w (a)
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
![](files/capitals/BONNESVA/thumbs/Bonnesvalyn south, W1(a) 06.jpg)
- Faceter - ? - 1080 s [ 1085
- Bonnesvalyn - Phase 3
- Saint-Martin - south-w (a)
- While an apprentice, design was being evolved
![](files/capitals/BELLAY-V/thumbs/BELLAY-1-001.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1080 s [ 1086
- Bellay-en-Vexin, Le - Phase 1
- Sainte-Marie-Madeleine - crossing
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/CERISY/thumbs/CERISY-2-012.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1080 s [ 1087
- Cerisy-la-Foret - Phase 2
- Saint-Vigor - nave (a)
- Design is like work in the Basin, and uncommon locally
![](files/capitals/LESSAY/thumbs/Lessay choir (a) 12.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1080 s [ 1088
- Lessay - Phase 1
- Sainte-Trinite - east (a)
- Core template used beyond Paris Basin. Did he travel?
![](files/capitals/LOUVRS-R/thumbs/X-se(a) r0 U0 LOUVR.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1080 s [ 1089
- Louvres - Phase 1
- Saint-Rieul - tower base
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/S-MTN-BR/thumbs/St-Martin-de-Brethencourt west wall piers 02.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1080 s [ 1089
- Saint-Martin-de-Bréthancourt - Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - nave walls
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
![](files/capitals/S-MTN-BR/thumbs/St-Martin-de-Brethencourt west wall piers 01.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1080 s [ 1089
- Saint-Martin-de-Bréthancourt - Phase 2
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - nave walls
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/MORIENVA/thumbs/Morienval W tower III 19.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1090 s [ 1090
- Morienval - Phase 11
- Saint-Denis - w tower III
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/JOUY-MOU/thumbs/Jouy-le-Moutier crossing 09.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1090 s [ 1094
- Jouy-le-Moutier - Phase 1
- La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge - crossing
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/S-MTN-BV/thumbs/St-Martin-de-Boscherville external apse base 06.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1090 s [ 1095
- Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville - Phase 1
- Saint-Georges - east (d)
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
![](files/capitals/JOUY-MOU/thumbs/JOUY-MOU 17.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1100 s [ 1102
- Jouy-le-Moutier - Phase 2
- La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge - tower II
- Core template
![](files/capitals/JOUY-MOU/thumbs/JOUY-MOU 15.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1100 s [ 1102
- Jouy-le-Moutier - Phase 2
- La Nativite-de-la-Sainte-Vierge - tower II
- Core template
![](files/capitals/MOGNEVIL/thumbs/MOGNEVIL 01.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1100 s [ 1102
- Mogneville - Phase 4
- Saint-Denis - south
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/MOGNEVIL/thumbs/MOGNEVIL 03.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1100 s [ 1103
- Mogneville - Phase 5
- Saint-Denis - crossing (a-)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/VLRS-SP/thumbs/VLRS-SP 18.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1100 s [ 1103
- Villers-Saint-Paul - Phase 2
- Saint-Paul - nave (a)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/VLRS-SP/thumbs/VLRS-SP 20.jpg)
- Faceter - ? - 1100 s [ 1103
- Villers-Saint-Paul - Phase 2
- Saint-Paul - nave (a)
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
![](files/capitals/VERN-S-N/thumbs/Verneuil-sur-Seine east 01.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1100 s [ 1104
- Verneuil-sur-Seine - Phase 1
- Saint-Martin - east
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
![](files/capitals/VERN-S-N/thumbs/Verneuil-sur-Seine east 03.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1100 s [ 1104
- Verneuil-sur-Seine - Phase 1
- Saint-Martin - east
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/VERN-S-N/thumbs/Verneuil-sur-Seine east 02.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1100 s [ 1104
- Verneuil-sur-Seine - Phase 1
- Saint-Martin - east
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/BURY/thumbs/BURY 33.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1100 s [ 1105
- Bury - Phase 2
- Saint-Lucien - n nave (a)
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
![](files/capitals/BURY/thumbs/BURY 10.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1100 s [ 1105
- Bury - Phase 2
- Saint-Lucien - n nave (a)
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/BURY/thumbs/BURY 35.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1100 s [ 1105
- Bury - Phase 2
- Saint-Lucien - n nave (a)
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/BURY/thumbs/BURY 34.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1100 s [ 1105
- Bury - Phase 2
- Saint-Lucien - n nave (a)
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
![](files/capitals/CH-LDN-A/thumbs/CH-LDN-A-1-007.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1100 s [ 1105
- Château-Landon - Phase 1
- Saint-André - tower base
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/MOGNEVIL/thumbs/MOGNEVIL 16.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1100 s [ 1107
- Mogneville - Phase 6
- Saint-Denis - w crossing
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/BURY/thumbs/BURY 50.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1100 s [ 1108
- Bury - Phase 3
- Saint-Lucien - s nave (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/BURY/thumbs/BURY 48.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1100 s [ 1108
- Bury - Phase 3
- Saint-Lucien - s nave (a)
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/BURY/thumbs/BURY 61.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1100 s [ 1108
- Bury - Phase 3
- Saint-Lucien - s nave (a)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/BURY/thumbs/BURY 55.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1100 s [ 1108
- Bury - Phase 3
- Saint-Lucien - s nave (a)
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/CAMBRONN/thumbs/CAMBRONN-2-002.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1110
- Cambronne-lès-Clermont - Phase 2
- Saint-Étienne - north wall
- Core template
![](files/capitals/CAMBRONN/thumbs/CAMBRONN-2-001.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1110
- Cambronne-lès-Clermont - Phase 2
- Saint-Étienne - north wall
- Core template
![](files/capitals/CAMBRONN/thumbs/CAMBRONN-2-004.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1110
- Cambronne-lès-Clermont - Phase 2
- Saint-Étienne - north wall
- Core template
![](files/capitals/FITZ-J/thumbs/FITZ-J 12.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1110 s [ 1111
- Fitz-James - Phase 1
- Saints-Pierre-et-Paul - crossing
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/BONNESVA/thumbs/BONNESVA 02.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1110 s [ 1112
- Bonnesvalyn - Phase 8
- Saint-Martin - nave s
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/BONNESVA/thumbs/BONNESVA 01.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1110 s [ 1112
- Bonnesvalyn - Phase 8
- Saint-Martin - nave s
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/ENNERY/thumbs/ENNERY-3-045.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1110 s [ 1112
- Ennery - Phase 3
- Saint-Aubin - tower II
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-D-2-020.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1110 s [ 1112
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 2
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (a)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-E 008.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1112
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 2
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (a)
- Core template
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-D-2-018.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1112
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 2
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (a)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-D-2-021.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1110 s [ 1112
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 2
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (a)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-E 011.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1112
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 2
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (a)
- Core template
![](files/capitals/FOULANGU/thumbs/FOULANGU 10.jpg)
- Faceter - ? - 1110 s [ 1113
- Foulangues - Phase 4
- Saint-Denis - e crossing
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/AUVERS-O/thumbs/AUVERS-O-005.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1110 s [ 1114
- Auvers-sur-Oise - Phase 7
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - east (a)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/BURY/thumbs/BURY 86.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1114
- Bury - Phase 5
- Saint-Lucien - w nave (a)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/CERGY/thumbs/CERGY-1-007.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1115
- Cergy - Phase 1
- Saint-Christophe - crossing
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/MOGNEVIL/thumbs/MOGNEVIL 32.jpg)
- Faceter - ? - 1110 s [ 1115
- Mogneville - Phase 10
- Saint-Denis - apse
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-E 014.jpg)
- Faceter - ? - 1110 s [ 1115
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 3
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (g)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-E 039.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1115
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 3
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (g)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-E 013.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1115
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 3
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (g)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-E 016.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1115
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 3
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (g)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-E 012.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1110 s [ 1115
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 3
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (g)
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/S-LEU-E/thumbs/S-LEU-E 015.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1110 s [ 1115
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent - Phase 3
- Saint-Nicolas - narthex (g)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/GASSICOU/thumbs/GASSICOU 02.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1116
- Gassicourt - Phase 1
- Sainte-Anne - nave (a)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/GASSICOU/thumbs/GASSICOU 05.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1116
- Gassicourt - Phase 1
- Sainte-Anne - nave (a)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/GASSICOU/thumbs/GASSICOU 01.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1116
- Gassicourt - Phase 1
- Sainte-Anne - nave (a)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/GASSICOU/thumbs/GASSICOU 04.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1116
- Gassicourt - Phase 1
- Sainte-Anne - nave (a)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/GASSICOU/thumbs/GASSICOU 03.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1116
- Gassicourt - Phase 1
- Sainte-Anne - nave (a)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/BRUYER-O/thumbs/BRUYER-O 10.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1110 s [ 1118
- Bruyères-sur-Oise - Phase 3
- Saint-Vivien - tower II
- Possibly from core template, very uncertain
![](files/capitals/BRUYER-O/thumbs/BRUYER-O 06.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1110 s [ 1118
- Bruyères-sur-Oise - Phase 3
- Saint-Vivien - tower II
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/BRUYER-O/thumbs/BRUYER-O 31.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1110 s [ 1119
- Bruyères-sur-Oise - Phase 4
- Saint-Vivien - tower III
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/BRUYER-O/thumbs/BRUYER-O 32.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1110 s [ 1119
- Bruyères-sur-Oise - Phase 4
- Saint-Vivien - tower III
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/PUISEU-H/thumbs/PUISEU-H 10.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1110 s [ 1119
- Puiseux-le-Hauberger - Phase 1
- Saint-Germain - east, south
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/ULLY-G/thumbs/ULLY-G 04.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1120 s [ 1120
- Ully-Saint-Georges - Phase 1
- Saint-Georges - east
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/MAULE/thumbs/MAULE 52.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1120 s [ 1121
- Maule - Phase 6
- Saint-Nicolas - nave (t,c)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/MAULE/thumbs/MAULE 51.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1120 s [ 1121
- Maule - Phase 6
- Saint-Nicolas - nave (t,c)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/MAULE/thumbs/MAULE 49.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1120 s [ 1121
- Maule - Phase 6
- Saint-Nicolas - nave (t,c)
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/MAULE/thumbs/MAULE 53.jpg)
- Faceter - ? - 1120 s [ 1121
- Maule - Phase 6
- Saint-Nicolas - nave (t,c)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/TRIE-V/thumbs/TRIE-V-1-004.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1120 s [ 1121
- Trie-la-Ville - Phase 1
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - apse, crossing
- Second template, seems to be same designer
![](files/capitals/PARIS-MC/thumbs/PARIS-MC-1-001.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1120 s [ 1122
- Paris - Phase 1
- Saint-Martin-des-Champs - crossing
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/PARIS-MC/thumbs/PARIS-MC-1-004.jpg)
- Faceter - ? - 1120 s [ 1122
- Paris - Phase 1
- Saint-Martin-des-Champs - crossing
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/PARIS-MC/thumbs/PARIS-MC-1-003.jpg)
- Faceter - !! - 1120 s [ 1122
- Paris - Phase 1
- Saint-Martin-des-Champs - crossing
- Replaced or restored, with similar template
![](files/capitals/PARIS-MC/thumbs/PARIS-MC-6-020.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1120 s [ 1123
- Paris - Phase 6
- Saint-Martin-des-Champs - pier base D (d)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/PARIS-PM/thumbs/PARIS -M 12.jpg)
- Faceter - ? - 1120 s [ 1124
- Paris - Phase 3
- Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre - nave n (a)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/SENLIS-M/thumbs/SENLIS-M-1-009.jpg)
- Faceter - ! - 1120 s [ 1124
- Senlis - Phase 1
- Saint-Maurice - castle chapel
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate
![](files/capitals/FLEURY-B/thumbs/FLEURY-B 24.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1120 s [ 1128
- Fleury-en-Bière - Phase 7
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - nave (c)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/FLEURY-B/thumbs/FLEURY-B 26.jpg)
- Faceter - !? - 1120 s [ 1128
- Fleury-en-Bière - Phase 7
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption - nave (c)
- Core template, details suggest another carver
![](files/capitals/NERY/thumbs/NERY 12.jpg)
- Faceter - ? - 1120 s [ 1128
- Néry - Phase 2
- Saint-Martin - tower I
- Variation of master's core template, possibly with an associate