On Thursday, Feb 24, 2005, at 10:07 US/Pacific, FujiFish1@aol.com wrote:
> What is the history behind that shape anyway? I've seen it used to
> represent Florence before, and is on many a logo, like on a Masi.
> They each seem to differ slightly from one another.
The Fleur de Lis is old, old, old-- like 11th century old-- French. When the French royal court married into the Medici they brought the design to Italy. It's been a favorite design element all over Europe for about 800 years.
Here's Wikipedia's page on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/
best,
Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
heading out to the shop to build
a frame in Coeur d'Alene, ID