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Français :
...Si nous présentons cette fleur de manière à régulariser ses diverses parties, nous obtenons la fig. 10. Les six divisions de la corolle sont visibles en AA,BB,CC. Deux des lanières pétaloïdes sont apparentes en D, la troisième devant se trouver dans l'axe de la fleur. La spathe est en E. De cette figure à l'ornement connu sous le nom de
fleur de lis
, il n'y a pas loin...
English:
... If we present this flower to display its various parts, we obtain in fig. 10., six divisions of the corolla visible in AA, BB, DC. Two of the petaloid thin straps are apparent in D, the third having to be in the axis of the flower. The stylised drawing of this figure for ornament is known by the name of the "flower of lily", it does not have there far...
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This image comes from
Dictionary of French Architecture from 11th to 16th Century
(1856) by
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
(1814-1879)
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