No default posture.
No default orientation.
No default tincture.
See also: Cross in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.
Central ordinary. The width of each arm is typically a third of the width of the device or a bit narrower. This is a thick cross. Should be centered on the fess line.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. The width of each arm is typically a third of the width of the device or a bit narrower. This is a medium cross. Should be centered on the fess line.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. The width of each arm is typically a third of the width of the device or a bit narrower. This is a very thin cross. Should be centered on the fess line.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A couped cross, or a bar and a pale conjoined that do not reach the edges of the field. Use of a cross gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Cross.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A couped cross, or a bar and a pale conjoined that do not reach the edges of the field. Use of a cross gules on an argent field is restricted for conflict with the Red Cross.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross formed of two bars and two pales, conjoined.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross couped parallel to the border of the device.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross with a circular protrusion in the center. Considered a step from period practice (SFPP).
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross which has been split.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross which has been split into interlaced strips.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. If it leans in the other direction, blazoned “a cross portate reversed.”
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross with a square protrusion in the center. Considered a step from period practice (SFPP).
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross with its center removed. In period this might be considered a field division blazoned “party of nine,” but in SCA usage this is viewed as an ordinary with a hole in its center, and thus considered a charge.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross with its center removed.
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. Artist: Vigil Raber.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross formed of three bars and three pales, conjoined.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross which has been split into interlaced strips.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
