Medieval and Manuscripts

Hexafoil

The hexafoil is a design with six-fold dihedral symmetry composed from six vesica piscis lenses arranged radially around a central point, often shown enclosed in a circumference of another six lenses. It is also sometimes known as a "daisy wheel". A second, quite different, design is also sometimes referred to by this name; see alternate symbol. The design is found as a rosette ornament in artwork dating back to at least the Late Bronze Age.

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• ▸David Lindsay of Crawford
• ▸Brenton Thwaites
• ▸History of the Shroud of Turin

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