Page 48 - Dictionary of Heraldry and Related Subjects

Over 500 distinctive types of cross
granted today but is frequently
found in earlier grants of arrns. It have appeared in Heraldry and
is represented by a silver gilt circlet there has been great confusion
chased as if gernmed. but with no amongst the various writers on the
actual jewels, surmounted by four speciûc types which bear Iittle differ-
slrawkrry leaves, of which one and ence one £rom another.
two halves are visible to the viewer
It is not proposed to set out al1
and between each pair of leaves the types of cross but a few of the
stands a small silver gilt protuber- more important should be readily
ance fully surrounded by nine small recognisable to the student of
circlets.
1. Tau cross. This is probably
Cmt Wreatb - An alternative name the oldest cross on record as it
for the wreath or torse (q.v.).
appeared in many countries as a
symbol during the Stone age. It is
Crested - An expression used when shaped like a T but with the two
ends of the transverse arm slightly
the crest of a bird is referred to.
raid.
Crined - An expression used with
reference to the hair of a human
being or the mane of a horse or
unicorn when of a different tincture
from their bodies.
Crosier, Crozier - Refers to the
crook of a bishop which may
appear as a charge or in connection
u~ith the arms of a See.
Tau Cross
Cross - A cross may be used in
2. Cross botonné or treflé. An
Heraldry both as an ordinary in
which case it is a plain cross (which ordinary cooped cross with three
may be subject to the lines of rounded knobs at the end of each
decoration but which always reaches am.
the sides of the shield) or it may
appear as a charge in one of its
many forms.
Cross as an Ordinary Heraldry. Cross Botonne
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