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  2. Scroll (art) - Wikipedia

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    Continuous scroll decoration has a very long history, and such patterns were an essential element of classical and medieval decoration. The use of scrolls in ornament goes back to at least the Bronze Age; geometric scroll ornament has been found in the Palace of Knossos at Minoan Crete dating to approximately 1800 BC, [8] perhaps drawing from even earlier Egyptian styles; there were also early ...

  3. Topkapı Scroll - Wikipedia

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    The Topkapı scroll is a 33 cm (13 in) wide scroll of 29.5 m (97 ft) in length, which is unrolled side to side. [1] One end of the scroll is fixed to a wooden roller, and the other end is glued to a protective leather piece. [2] A number of parchment pieces featuring various patterns are applied on the scroll. The differences in the border of ...

  4. Girih - Wikipedia

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    Patterns may be elaborated by the use of two levels of design, as at the 1453 Darb-e Imam shrine. Square repeating units of known patterns can be copied as templates, and historic pattern books may have been intended for use in this way. The 15th century Topkapı Scroll explicitly shows girih patterns together with the tilings used to create them.

  5. Volute - Wikipedia

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    Examples of Ionic volutes. From Julien David LeRoy, Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce, Paris, 1758 (Plate XX) A volute is a spiral, scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the capital of the Ionic column.

  6. Acanthus (ornament) - Wikipedia

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    Use of the motif continued in Medieval art, particularly in sculpture and wood carving and in friezes, although usually it is stylized and generalized, so that one doubts that the artists connected it with any plant in particular.

  7. Guilloché - Wikipedia

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    Roman guilloche around a scene with Diana the Huntress, late 2nd century AD, mosaic, Bardo National Museum, Tunis, Tunisia [1]. Guilloché (French:), or guilloche (/ ɡ ɪ ˈ l oʊ ʃ /), is a decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate and repetitive pattern is mechanically engraved into an underlying material via engine turning, which uses a machine of the same name.

  8. 60 Cute and Spooky Printable Halloween Pumpkin Stencils - AOL

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    Use these free pumpkin carving patterns and stencils to create the best jack-o-lantern on the block. Choose from spooky, cute, and advanced templates. 60 Cute and Spooky Printable Halloween ...

  9. Arabesque - Wikipedia

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    Interlace and scroll decoration are terms used for most other types of similar patterns. Arabesques are a fundamental element of Islamic art. The past and current usage of the term in respect of European art is confused and inconsistent. Some Western arabesques derive from Islamic art, however others are closely based on ancient Roman decorations.