fleuron

Multiple ornamental contexts

The term spans architectural and other decorative ornaments as well as typography; the registry's intended context is unresolved. Reference: [Dictionnaire de l'Académie française](https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9F0996).

1. Which source identifies this candidate as a fleuron, and in which application context? provenance
2. Does the registry's originating record select one ornamental sense or a broader concept? boundary

Typographic specificity

The OQLF defines the typographic fleuron through flower or leaf form and distinguishes this narrower sense from more general vignette terminology. Reference: [OQLF terminology record](https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/8888745/fleuron).

1. What visible feature or documented usage supports fleuron rather than merely typographic ornament? definition
2. Do sources also call this motif a vignette, rosette, finial or another ornament, and how do their definitions overlap? boundary

Recognition features

Record visible petals, leaves, stems, central elements and their arrangement; botanical species attribution requires separate evidence.

1. Which floral or foliate components are visible, and which are uncertain because of abstraction or loss? definition
2. What component counts and relative proportions distinguish this motif from similar fleurons? measurement

Variant comparison

Comparison should account for rotation, reflection, scale and missing details before asserting that two occurrences represent different designs.

1. Do the occurrences align after rotation, reflection or uniform scaling? measurement
2. Which remaining differences justify a distinct variant rather than a damaged or transformed occurrence? boundary

Role from context

Record whether the occurrence marks a textual division, decorates a surface or terminates a feature, without inferring function from floral shape alone.

1. Where does the fleuron sit relative to text, edges, mouldings or other host features? measurement
2. What contextual evidence supports the assigned separator, terminal or decorative role? provenance

Unit versus arrangement

Record individual motif boundaries and arrangement rules so that an entire border or cluster is not automatically treated as one fleuron.

1. Is this an isolated motif, a repeated unit or a composite arrangement containing several motifs? boundary
2. What spacing, orientation sequence and joining relationships define the arrangement? measurement

Representation level

Distinguish the motif design from a glyph, printing element, impression, carved ornament or image documenting an occurrence.

1. Is the available evidence a design resource, a production carrier, an installed or printed occurrence, or a later image? definition
2. Which resource or physical object produced this occurrence, if that relationship is documented? provenance

Origin claim strength

Keep direct attribution, comparative inference and unsupported resemblance separate when recording makers, dates or reuse.

1. Which specimen, catalogue, host record or other inspected source supports the proposed maker and date? provenance
2. Does the evidence establish the same design, the same production carrier, or only visual similarity? boundary

Loss versus design

Missing or merged features should remain condition observations until evidence distinguishes wear, breakage, reproduction artefacts and intentional design.

1. Which identifying details are absent, obscured, merged or distorted in the inspected occurrence? measurement
2. What comparison supports interpreting each irregularity as damage or reproduction loss rather than original form? provenance

Intervention fidelity

A facsimile of an occurrence, a reconstruction of a design and a decorative adaptation have different fidelity requirements; inferred additions must be identifiable.

1. Should the action reproduce the observed occurrence, reconstruct an evidenced design or create an adaptation? action
2. Which motif details, scale relationships and placement features must be preserved for the intended use? action
3. Which proposed additions lack direct evidence and must remain marked as conjectural? boundary

Check these first

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these check these first hold for the sense of fleuron this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Kinds and varieties

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of fleuron this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Identifiers and schemes

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of fleuron this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of fleuron this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of fleuron this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of fleuron this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance