The handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., also, rules for the appointment of liveries, etc. etc. (1869)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 64
Fig. 63. Fig. 69. CHARGES. 59< The Cross humettej, or couped, as its name implies,has its extremities cut off (fig. 70). The Cross potent has its four limbs terminated byothers placed transversely, bearing a resemblance to the Furof that name (fig. 71). The Cross Pate, or Forme. In this Cross,… … Fig. 70. Fig. 71. Fig. 72. The Maltese Cross, or Cross of eight points, differsfrom the Cross Pate in having the extremities of each of itslimbs indented or notched (fig. 73). This Cross was theCognisance of the Knights Templars and Hospitallers. The Cross Fleurie (fig. 74) and Cross Fleurette(fig.…
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