Querqueville ( French pronunciation: [kɛʁkəvil] ) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France . On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin .
7-565: The Chapel of Saint Germanus ( Chapelle Saint-Germain ) with its trefoil floorplan incorporates elements of one of the earliest surviving places of Christian worship in the Cotentin Peninsula - perhaps second only to the Gallo-Roman baptistry at Port-Bail . During WII, Querqueville Airfield ( Advanced Landing Ground ) was rebuilt on a former French Navy airfield. This Manche geographical article
14-479: A quatrefoil . 'Trefoil' is a term in Gothic architecture given to the ornamental foliation or cusping introduced in the heads of window-lights, tracery , and panellings, in which the centre takes the form of a three-lobed leaf (formed from three partially overlapping circles). One of the earliest examples is in the plate tracery at Winchester Cathedral (1222–1235). The fourfold version of an architectural trefoil
21-586: Is a quatrefoil . A simple trefoil shape in itself can be symbolic of the Trinity , while a trefoil combined with an equilateral triangle was also a moderately common symbol of the Christian Trinity during the late Middle Ages in some parts of Europe, similar to a barbed quatrefoil . Two forms of a trefoil combined with a triangle are shown below: A dove , which symbolizes the Holy Spirit ,
28-407: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Trefoil A trefoil (from Latin trifolium 'three-leaved plant') is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings, used in architecture , Pagan and Christian symbolism , among other areas. The term is also applied to other symbols with a threefold shape. A similar shape with four rings is called
35-495: Is sometimes depicted within the outlined form of the trefoil combined with a triangle. In architecture and archaeology, a 'trefoil' describes a layout or floor plan consisting of three apses in clover-leaf shape, as for example in the Megalithic temples of Malta . Particularly in church architecture, such a layout may be called a "triconchos". The heraldic 'trefoil' is a stylized clover . It should not be confused with
42-435: The distinctive trefoil design of the recycling symbol makes it easy for a consumer to notice and identify the packaging the symbol has been printed on as recyclable. Easily stenciled symbols are also favored. While the green trefoil is considered by many to be the symbol of Ireland, the harp has much greater officially recognized status. Therefore, shamrocks generally do not appear on Irish coins or postage stamps. A trefoil
49-458: The figure named in French heraldry tiercefeuille ("threefoil"), which is a stylized flower with three petals, and differs from the heraldic trefoil in being not slipped. Symmetrical trefoils are particularly popular as warning and informational symbols. If a box containing hazardous material is moved around and shifted into different positions, it is still easy to recognize the symbol, while
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