[ANSTHRLD] Crosses- double cross

[Vyolante Oporto]

Cross Patriarchal is what I was talking about. Thanks!
Vy

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:
> 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
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