Foil

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Illustrations:

From period sources:

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FB Image, trefoil/clover with extra long stems and rootlets, courtesy of Gunnvor silfrahar	FB Image, Insignia Anglica, BSB 291, 1500s, charges (trefoils) on a bend.

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

• [[1]]

Illustration/s from Brickbat's Armorial Stash - [[2]]:

Pennsic Traceable Art Project: [[3]]

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Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - [[4]] Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [[5]] Laurel Armory Articles - [[6]] Period Armorials

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Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[7]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[8]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[9]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

October 2016 - Where the Wild Foils Grow

Often enough we see submission with flowers of X petals blazoned as X-foils. It is not clear where this originated from, but foils are heraldic depictions of clovers and their leaves have a fairly defined shape (with some minor variations). Using the blazon of an X-foil to describe the emblazon of a flower with X petals, where the petals are typically round and attached to the center at a single point or in such other manner that there's obvious "seeding", does not necessarily ensure the reproducibility of the submitted charge from that blazon. SENA A.1.B states that We register the emblazon, rather than the blazon. Any discrepancies between the image and the description will be resolved by changing the description to match the image. To allow for reproducibility of what the submitter has submitted, we have been and will continue reblazoning X-foils that do not look like actual X-foils as the closest known period flower of X petals, or returning for redraw if no accurate blazon can be found. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2016/10/16-10cl.html

#x--Precedents:-Registerability:Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

#x--Precedents:-Conflict:Conflict:

February 2013 LoAR - trefoil vs. rose/cinquefoil:

#27Rois O Faye. Device. Per chevron vert and argent, two roses slipped and leaved and a trefoil, a bordure counterchanged. As there is a DC between a trefoil and a rose or cinquefoil, there is no sword-and-dagger issue under SENA A3D1 with this design. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2013/02/13-02lar.html#27

#x--Precedents:-Collected Precedents:Collected Precedents:

Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - [[10]] The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - [[11]] The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - The Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) - The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - The 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) - The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) -

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In the Ordinary:

• [- Trefoil]
• [- Quatrefoil]
• Foil - Cinquefoil - see Flower - Rose and Foil - Sexfoil
• Foil - Sexfoil - (include rosette) see also Flower - Rose
• [- Septfoil]
• [- Octofoil]