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Quatrefoil above the west door of Croyland Abbey showing in relief scenes from the life of Saint Guthlac Quatrefoil window at the St. Petrus parish church in Peterslahr, Germany A quatrefoil (anciently caterfoil ) [ 1 ] is a decorative element consisting of a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially overlapping ...
Multifoil arches in Aljafería, Zaragoza, Spain. A foil is an architectural device based on a symmetrical rendering of leaf shapes, defined by overlapping circles of the same diameter that produce a series of cusps to make a lobe.
The fourfold version of an architectural trefoil is a quatrefoil. A simple trefoil shape in itself can be symbolic of the Trinity, [1] while a trefoil combined with an equilateral triangle was also a moderately common symbol of the Christian Trinity during the late Middle Ages in some parts of Europe, similar to a barbed quatrefoil. Two forms ...
Multifoil arch in the Aljafería, Zaragoza, Spain. A multifoil arch (or polyfoil arch), also known as a cusped arch, [1] [2] polylobed arch, [3] [4] or scalloped arch, [5] is an arch characterized by multiple circular arcs or leaf shapes (called foils, lobes, or cusps) that are cut into its interior profile or intrados.
On the left upper panel is the Angel of Resurrection seated on a stone bench. In the lobes of the quatrefoil are scenes of Adam and Eve, Nero being crowned, Saint Paul about to be decapitated, and the bottom lobe, being the donor's lobe, shows King Henry II and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. [4] Henry II and Queen Eleanor hold a model of the window.
A quatrefoil (four leaf) is a decorative element of four partially overlapping circles. Quatrefoil may also refer to: Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel, a 1950 book by James Barr; Quatrefoil Library, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Quatrefoil reentry, a type of cardiac arrhythmia
Octagon on a quatrefoil: the octagonal base of the tent stands on a quatrefoil log cabin. Tent on a baptismal font: the tent is placed in the middle of a square and is flanked by the kokoshniks of the baptismal font. They are found along the Pinega and Mezen rivers. Multi-tent temples: 2 such objects have been preserved. Varieties of tent temples
Other shapes include: three-pointed, quatrefoil, shielded, flower-like, rounded (typical of Islamic and African world), pyramidal, etc., depending either from the type of attacks expected or aesthetic considerations. In Roman times, the merlons had a width sufficient to shelter a single man.