Cross

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croce (dizionario)
PO:CRU (cifrante)

Dizionario EN cross.png

the plainest form has been already given as an ordinary. This form, with many of the following, may be drawn with all the lines of division, as engrailed, raguly, etc; and also couped, voided, parted, etc.
The following list comprises the forms commonly used in English Heraldry:

E003 - Elements of heraldry, di William H. Whitmore - edito a New York nel 1866

which admits of two forms - the cross proper or St. George's cross placed in the usual direction, and the St. Andrew's cross placed transversely, and denominated in heraldry the saltire (sautoir), from its resemblance to the vaulting bars used in horsemanship -

E008 - Heraldry, english and foreign di William H. Whitmore - edito a New York nel 1896