Sex foil

Sex-foil

Sex-foil: the term sex-foil is found in one or two old rolls of arms, and seems to be used for what are elsewhere blazoned as roses: but though the five-foil or cinque-foil is very common, it has not been observed in modern coats. See also Narcissus.

Simon de VEER, de goules trois sixfueilles d'ermyn--Roll, temp. HEN. III.

Monsire de PIERPOUNT, port d'argent, a une lyon de sable rampant et une urle de seyfoils[often drawn as cinquefoils] gules--Roll, temp. ED. III.

Sire Johan DARCY de argent, a un escuchon de sable, od les rosettes[otherwise blazoned sistefoils] de goules assis en la maniere de bordure--Roll, temp. ED. II.

Argent, ten six-foils[intended for roses] gules, four, three, two, and one--Joan ROSELEE, Roll, temp. ED. I.

Sable, three sixfoils within a bordure engrailed or--Walter de WIGTONE-[From the coloured roll in possession of Society of Antiquaries].

Angemmes, (fr. from lat. ingemmœ“), are described as a series of round ornaments drawn like quatrefoils, but with six leaves, and seem to be confined to French heraldry.

De gueules, à un écusson d'argent à la bordure d'angemmes d'or--TANCARVILLE.