Fleur-de-Lis
Fleur de lys, Fleur de Gras
Category: File - :Héraldique meuble Fleur de lys lissée.svg|thumb|right|A fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis (or fleur-de-lys; plural: fleurs-de-lis; ) is a stylized lily (in French, fleur means flower, and lis means lily) or iris that is used as a decorative design or symbol. It may be "at one and the same time, political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic, and symbolic", especially in heraldry.Michel Pastoureau, Heraldry: Its Origins and Meaning, Francisca Garvie trans. (Thames and Hudson 1997), ISBN 0-500-30074-7, p. 98. It is represented in Unicode at U+269C (?) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block.
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- KiminPeru KiminPeru Jun 17, 2009 @ 10:53 am
- Very nice! Interesting details!
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- GrowWear GrowWear Jun 14, 2009 @ 3:29 am
- Love the fleur-de-lis!
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- TanituIsland TanituIsland Jun 1, 2009 @ 4:34 pm
- Such a Nice Lens ! I have always loved the Fleur-de-lis shape. Artistically it is beautiful. You have inspired me to create a design on products that feature this symbol.
Great Lens ! * * 5 * *
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- A_RovingReporter A_RovingReporter May 15, 2009 @ 12:53 pm
- No excuse now for me not to know what the fleur-de-lis is.*****
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