The scrolls are frequently used in the friezes , lintels and capitals of European religious architecture of Christian inspiration, repeating patterns (animals and scenes), probably much older, including Celtic

The foliage means as an architectural element, it is a term of heraldry, based stylization based on foliage and stems of plants.

Decoration

Painted motifs (eg illumination ) or wall (painted or carved) consisting of leaves and plant stems usually deployed in frieze or successive windings. They are used for decorative graphics, painting and / or architecture. The foliage often contain flowers, vases, animals, buttons and other small figures.

Architecture

Arabesques vegetable carved or painted ornament used in different architectural orders and decorative styles.

The scrolls appear in ancient architecture in the sets of roofs (sima) in Greek times, and in the friezes on the Roman imperial period. When combined with the characters or animals, it is called "scrolls populated. Only in the medieval period they were also found in the capitals.

Manuscript

They are used in manuscripts to identify the plants that adorn the pages of the manuscript, they are near the initials.

Heraldry

In heraldry , foliage "is also said in blazon, branches loaded sheets" ^References

• Evelyne Thomas, "The originality of French foliage," in The Invention of the Renaissance, Proceedings of the conference held in Tours from 1 to June 4, 1994, Picard 2003 , p. 177-186.

See also

• Decorative Arts
• Glossary of Architecture

• Portal architecture and urbanism

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