[ANSTHRLD] Crosses- double cross

[Tim McDaniel]

On Tue, 22 May 2012, Vyolante Oporto <vyolante at gmail.com> wrote:
> What crosses would conflict with a double crosses?

What do you mean by "double cross"?  Do you mean a cross with plain
arms, with one long vertical post and two equal-length crossbars
intersecting dividing the vertical in thirds?  The Pic Dic says

     The "cross patriarchal" [201] dates from c. 1270, in the arms of
     the Kings of Hungary.  In the earliest blazons, it was also called
     a "doubled cross" (Doppelkreuz) or "cross of two laths
     (transverses)"; and the crosspieces were often drawn of equal
     length [202], very similar to the cross of Lorraine.  All three
     forms are considered artistic variants, with no ehraldic
     difference granted.

A patriarchal cross is a cross, often a Latin cross, with a shorter
crossbar above the mainyard, as shown at
http://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/images/m173a.gif (found via
http://www.heraldsnet.org/saitou/parker/Jpglossc.htm#Cross).  A cross
of Lorraine often shoves the crossbars down.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine has various
depictions.

Danielis Lincolinum
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com