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
only that part where the limbsare conjoined be removed, it is termed Quarterly-pierced(fig. 86). A Cross with a square aperture in its centre,smaller than the last example, is Quarter-pierced. The Base of a Cross is sometimes represented as pointed:it is then said to be Fitch£ Fig. 87 is a Cross… … 62 HANDBOOK OF HERALDRY.
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