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Originally a vignette was a design of vine-leaves and tendrils (vignette = small vine in French). [1] The term was also used for a small embellishment without border, in what otherwise would have been a blank space, such as that found on a title-page , a headpiece or tailpiece.
White vine-stems, left and down, decorate the margins and the initial V of this page in Life of Alphonso VI, King of Aragon and Naples, an Italian manuscript from c. 1460. A white vine-stem or white vine is a kind of border or initial decoration found in illuminated manuscripts and incunabula .
A vine (from Latin vīnea 'grapevine, vineyard'; from vīnum 'wine') is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas, or runners. The word vine can also refer to such stems or runners themselves, for instance, when used in wicker work. [1] [2]
A spreading scrollwork panel below, scrolling forms coming off a straight stem in the side panels, and a border band of meanders below the figures. Examples of one basic form of the scroll, taken from existing monuments. [1] Note the common core element of the heart shaped confronted volutes & stem, highlighted in green.
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These 37 creative, no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas use paint, fabric, and other craft supplies to make your pumpkin for Halloween 2024 unique and memorable.
Perennial Border — nearly 1,000 plants in a large border planting (450 × 18 feet) (140 × 5.5 m), with color scheme based upon a plan by Gertrude Jekyll. Southall Memorial Garden — a hemlock tree grove, with mixed plantings and an open grassy area for gatherings.
Fouquieria splendens (commonly known as ocotillo / ɒ k ə ˈ t iː j oʊ / (Latin American Spanish:), but also referred to as buggywhip, coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, Jacob cactus, and vine cactus) is a plant indigenous to the Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, Chihuahuan Desert and Colorado Desert in the Southwestern United States (southern California, southern ...