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Hexafoil logo #10101) Gothic architecture
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Hexafoil

Hexafoil logo #21000 A hexafoil is a traditional element of Gothic architecture, created by overlapping six circular arcs to form a flower-like image. One common form of the hexafoil has a ring of six tangent circles circumscribed by a larger circle. It may be constructed by compass and straightedge, by drawing six circles at the centers of a regular hexagon, with dia...
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Hexafoil

Hexafoil logo #20940A six lobed structure. In Armenia, such buildings often use the six walls to support a dome. See also: quatrefoil, trefoil.
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