[File:ArabesqueDrawnExamples.jpg|thumb|300px|Examples of one basic form of the scroll, taken from existing monuments. Note the common core element of the heart shaped confronted volutes & stem, highlighted in green.
Key:

• E: Ara Pacis, sculpture, c. 27 AD
• B: Palazzo Mattei, Rome, stucco relief, 2nd century
• D: Lateran, Rome, SS. Rufinus & Secundus, mosaic, 4th century
• A: Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, mosaic, 691-2
• C: San Clemente, Rome, mosaic, c. 1200]]