Cross
Cross
Cross, (fr. Croix; old fr. crois, croyz, &c.): the term Cross without any addition signifies, §1 a Plain cross, which, it is said, should occupy one-fifth of the shield; but when charged it may be occupy one-third. Its use as an heraldic ensign may be considered to be as early as any, and to belong to the time of the first crusades, in which the principal nations of Christendom are said to have been distinguished by crosses of different colours: and it is naturally found to be most frequently employed in the insignia of religious foundations.
"And on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living ever, his ador'd: Upon his shield the like was was scor'd." Spenser's "Faerie Quene," bk. i.
INDEX TO THE ARTICLE CROSS. Cr.abased, fr. abaissée § 1|Cr.clechée §16 aiguisée §35| commisse §34 alaisée or alesée § 7| compony, fr. componée § 3 ancettée § 7| conjoined §15 anchory, fr. ancrée §24| coticed § 6 of S.Andrew See Saltire| counter compony § 3 anglée §10| counter-quartered § 5 annuletty §11| coupy, fr. coupée § 7 anillée or nillée §24| cramponnée §13 anserated § 7| crossed, fr. croisée §17 of S.Anthony §34| crosslet §17 archiepiscopal §28| degraded, fr. à degrés §15 avellane §12| demi § 7 barrulets, of three § 8| disjoined §32 barby or barbée §13| ecartelée § 5 batune §31| echiquetée § 3 batons, of six § 8| ecotée § 2 biparted § 8| edged § 6 bordée § 6| emanchée § 2 bottonnée §14| endorses of § 8 bourdonnée §29| embattled § 2 bordured § 6| engrailed, fr. engrêlée §31 § 2 bretessée § 2| enhendée §28 cabled, fr. cablée § 8| equipollée § 5 Calvary, fr. de Calvaire §15| enserrée de degrés §15 cannelée § 2| entrailed §18 cercelée §32| ermines, of four § 8 of S.Chad §31| erminée § 8 champaine §35| escallops, of four § 8 charged §1 § 4 § 6| fausse § 6 chequy, fr. echiquetée § 3| fimbriated § 6 chequy of nine panes § 5| fitchy, fr. fichée §19 Cr.fixed § 7|Cr.patty, fr. pattée §26 fleury § 8 §20| passant § 7 fleur-de-lisée §20| Passion §15 fleuronnée §20| paternoster § 8 florencée §20| patonce §27 flory § 8 §20| patriarchal, fr. patriarcale §28 formy §26| of S.Patrick See Saltire fourchée §24| peronnée §15 fourchetée §24| pierced § 9 fretty, fr. frettée § 3| plain § 1 fusilly, fr. fuselée § 8| pheons, of four § 8 Greek § 1| pointed §35 of S.George § 1| points, of sixteen §23 gemelle §31| pomelly §29 grady or graded §15| pometty, fr. pomettée §§16, 29 grieced §15| pomy §29 gringolée §21| portate §30 guivrée § 8 §21| potent, fr. potencée §31 hameçon §22| quarterly, fr. écartelée § 5 haute, fr. §15| quarter-pierced § 5 § 9 a Holy §15| quarterly-pierced § 9 humetty § 7| quarter-voided § 5 humetty pointed §35| raguly § 2 indented § 2| rayonnante §10 invected §31| recercelée § 6 §24 §32 of Jerusalem §31| recoursy §33 of S.Julian See Saltire| recroisettée §17 Latin §1 §15| remplie § 6 long §15| re-potencée §31 Lorraine §28| sarcelly §32 lozengy, fr. losangée § 8| slipped § 2 masculy § 8| square pierced § 5 maconnée § 3| tau §34 of Malta §23| throughout § 7 miller §24| of Toulouse §16 milrind §24| tournée §13 moline §24| triparted § 8 moussue §29| treflée §14 neslée, fr. §24| treillissée § 3 notched §26| tronçonnée § 7 nowy §25| urdy, fr. urdée §35 nyslée §24| vairée § 3 ondée § 2| verdy §35 pall See Pall| voided, fr. vidée § 6 §16 parted, fr. partie § 8| vivrée § 8 party per fesse, pale, &c. § 5| wavy, fr. ondée § 2
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