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 66
Fig. 79. Fig. 80. Fig. 81. All the varieties of the Cross may be Nowy or Quadrate. The Pointed Cross, Cross Urde, or Champain, ispointed at the extremities (fig. 82). The Cross Rayonnant has rays of light behind it,issuing from the centre (fig. 83). CHARGES: 61 The Cross-crosslet—a very frequent… … Fig. 82. Fig. 83. Fig. 84. A Greek Cross, having its limbs traversed in the manner ofa Cross-crosslet, would be described as a Cross crossed, or aCross-crosslet fixed. The term fixed, applied to Crosses,signifies that their limbs extend to the extremities of theEscutcheon. When the central part of…
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