The emphasis was on the center quatrefoil and its plantings. From Wordnik.com. [Learn More About The Knot Garden « Fairegarden] Reference
This one is in the knot garden quatrefoil, among the elfin thyme. From Wordnik.com. [Two New Things « Fairegarden] Reference
At the top of these lancets is a small quatrefoil oculus or rose. From Wordnik.com. [Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany] Reference
Always illuminating and I love your entertwined Q and quatrefoil cable. From Wordnik.com. [A to Z: Q is for Quatrefoil] Reference
The tympanum of the large arch is pierced with a quatrefoil or trefoil. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
On the south, however, the quatrefoil decoration is slightly different. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
The clerestory windows on each side are two-lighted, with quatrefoil heads. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
It is in a stand by the arbor path and in the center quatrefoil of the knot garden. From Wordnik.com. [How To Make Lavender Wands « Fairegarden] Reference
Two-part post on the quatrefoil from Sarah Jennings in her blog, Things that Inspire. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
The centre of the cross is composed of a quatrefoil in which is carved the Agnus Dei. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
The east gable has three graduated windows, that to the transept aisle a quatrefoil within. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
The centre design is a quatrefoil, inside which is a lamb with nimbus, and the letters AGNV DI. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference
Not trefoil, not cinquefoil, but quatrefoil, the architectural equivalent of a four-leaf clover. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
A large blank quatrefoil is inserted in the space between the lights and the outer arch moulding. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
After the steep climb up the steps we immediately come to the center quatrefoil of the knot garden. From Wordnik.com. [August Clues « Fairegarden] Reference
The poem gives us some insight into why the quatrefoil was such an enduring motif in medieval architecture. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
Ghiberti did away with the Gothic quatrefoil frame that had left the outer edges of the first reliefs blank. From Wordnik.com. [I will be seeing this as soon as possible.] Reference
Despite manuscript possibilities, the architectural quatrefoil is what appeals more to my tactile sensibilities. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
The mullions, or radii, are all faced with small pillars and capitals, and lined with the dog-toothed quatrefoil. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
This roof has a quatrefoil opening, through which it was possible to see what was taking place in the hall below. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
Co.rtesy Loree Rodkin Co. Jessica Biel shows off white-gold and diamond quatrefoil earrings with briolette dangles. From Wordnik.com. [Loree Rodkin's Star Studded Jewelry] Reference
It is the central sculptural feature of the South Garden, occupying the great quatrefoil pool in front of the tower. From Wordnik.com. [Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts] Reference
With such a rich field of possibilities, it was difficult to settle on just one, but the quatrefoil is so delectable!. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
The deep soffit of the arch in which this elegant arcading is enclosed, is adorned with a series of quatrefoil panels. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
Coincidentally, I just posted my own quatrefoil on TwinSet yesterday - a shot of Cornus canadensis in all it's autumn glory. From Wordnik.com. [A to Z: Q is for Quatrefoil] Reference
As much a logical division as a logical combination, the symbolic quatrefoil appealed to medieval stonecarvers and poets alike. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
The tympanum is relieved by a sunk quatrefoil in a serrated circle, and so is the space under either of the two central sub-arches. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
Beneath this window stands a double doorway, surmounted by a small quatrefoil window of like colours, enclosed within a pointed arch. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 570, October 13, 1832] Reference
The mouldings of the outer arch, with the sides of the pillars and all the sub-divisions, are studded with the dog-toothed quatrefoil. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
The entrance to this door consists of a depressed arch, with a square head over it; the spandrils are pierced with an open quatrefoil. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
From the vantage point of the bench, we can see in the center quatrefoil that each semi-circle contains a Calluna vulgaris ‘Sunset’. From Wordnik.com. [Foliage? In January? « Fairegarden] Reference
I was delighted to learn that there are at least two quatrefoil motifs in knitting: the quatrefoil eyelet and the Walker quatrefoil cable. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
This quatrefoil joins the interior angle ones of Zephaniah. From Wordnik.com. [Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens] Reference
Above these is a story of canopied trefoiled arches, with quatrefoil lozenges in their centres. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum] Reference
Even this is not all; for on each medallion or panel its separate bas-relief is contained within a quatrefoil. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rouen] Reference
The pierced tympanum has a quatrefoil for the four cardinal virtues, or a trefoil for faith, hope, and charity. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England] Reference
They have been defaced so much that all that could be found out was that there was a quatrefoil shape within a square. From Wordnik.com. [Old Times at Otterbourne] Reference
Under the feet of His apostles, therefore, in the quatrefoil medallions of the foundation, are represented the virtues which each. From Wordnik.com. [Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens] Reference
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