[ANSTHRLD] armory check: Per saltire purpure and argent, in pale a cross and a lion argent

Tim McDaniel tmcd at panix.com
Thu Jun 28 17:08:37 PDT 2007


On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Jolene Graves <meraud at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> tmcd at panix.com:
> > On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Jolene Graves <meraud at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >> I have a submitter who is wishing to submit the following device:
> >>
> >> "Per saltire Purpure and Argent, in pale a cross and a lion
> >> rampant Argent."
> >
> >     Per saltire purpure and argent, in pale a cross [something?]
> >     and a lion argent.
>
> Thanks for the note. It is a Cross Bottony. The submitter wants to
> elongate the lowest limb to look more like a 'cross'.

     Per saltire purpure and argent, in pale a Latin cross bottony and
     a lion argent.

"Latin cross" elongates the lowest limb; "bottony" glues the ace of
clubs at the end of each arm.

The submitter is free to enlongate the lowest limb, turn it bottony,
make it a Celtic cross, or whatever, and is free to think that one
form looks better than another.  However, most named cross variants
have equal-length limbs, so they're no more or less cross-like than
any other, and the default heraldic cross, a cross throughout, has
whatever limts are set by the shield or background (most often in
practice equal-armed).

Dankyn de Lincoln
-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com



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