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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: 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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: 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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: 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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: 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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A couped cross, or a bar and a pale conjoined that do not reach the edges of the field.
Source: English Arms A (Page 89). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: English Arms A. Artist unknown. (Page 89.)
A cross with arms cut and a whole punched in its middle. Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.
Source: Encyclopædia Heraldica (Volume 3, plate XXX). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Encyclopædia Heraldica. (Volume 3, plate XXX.) Artist unknown.
Central ordinary.
Source: A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry (Arms of Wyntworth). Artist: James or Irene Parker. .
Source: A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry. Artist: James or Irene Parker. (Arms of Wyntworth.)
Central ordinary. A cross formed of two bars and two pales, conjoined.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Powell Roll (Folio 3r, arms of Ufford). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Powell Roll. Artist unknown. (Folio 3r, arms of Ufford.)
Central ordinary.
Source: Manchester University English MS 15 (Folio 22v). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Manchester University English MS 15. Artist unknown. (Folio 22v.)
Central ordinary.
Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller.
Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller.
Central ordinary.
Source: English Arms A (Page 75). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: English Arms A. Artist unknown. (Page 75.)
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: KBR MS II 6616 (Folio 36r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator (Arms of Antoon Ruebs).
Source: KBR MS II 6616. (Folio 36r.) Artist unknown. (Arms of Antoon Ruebs.)
A cross with forked and curved ends. Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.
Source: Vocabulaire-Atlas Héraldique. Artist: Unknown Illustrator (Illustration 210).
Source: Vocabulaire-Atlas Héraldique. Artist unknown. (Illustration 210.)
Central ordinary.
Source: Armorial de Gelre (Page 221). Artist: Claes Heinenzoon. . Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Armorial de Gelre. Artist: Claes Heinenzoon. (Page 221.) Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A cross with snakes issuant from each arm. Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.
Source: A System of Heraldry (Page 113). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: A System of Heraldry. Artist unknown. (Page 113.)
A cross with snakes issuant from each arm. Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Central ordinary.
Source: BnF MS Allemand 304 (Page 610). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: BnF MS Allemand 304. Artist unknown. (Page 610.)
Central ordinary. A cross couped parallel to the border of the device.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary and surrounding charge.
Source: Encyclopædia Heraldica (Volume 3, plate XXXV). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Encyclopædia Heraldica. (Volume 3, plate XXXV.) Artist unknown.
A cross with lozenges on the end of each arm. Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.
Source: Insignia Equitum Gallici Ordinis Sancti Michaelis (Folio 137r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Insignia Equitum Gallici Ordinis Sancti Michaelis. Artist unknown. (Folio 137r.)
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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: The Accedence of Armorie (Folio 74r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: The Accedence of Armorie. (Folio 74r.) Artist unknown.
Central ordinary.
Source: The Accedence of Armorie (Folio 74r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: The Accedence of Armorie. (Folio 74r.) Artist unknown.
An ordinary formed of chain links.
Source: Insignia Urbium Italiae Septentrionalis (Found as a saltire in the arms of de Gayano). Artist: Unknown Illustrator. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Insignia Urbium Italiae Septentrionalis. Artist: Unknown. (Found as a saltire in the arms of de Gayano.) Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross which has been split.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross which has been split into interlaced strips.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: 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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A cross with flattened ends. Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A cross with flattened ends. Default orientation: crosswise. No proper coloration.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: 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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: 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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross with its center removed.
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft (Page 197). Artist: Vigil Raber. .
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. Artist: Vigil Raber. (Page 197.)
Central ordinary. A cross with its center removed.
Source: Armas de los Cavalleros de Veneçia (Folio 97r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Armas de los Cavalleros de Veneçia. Artist unknown. (Folio 97r.)
Central ordinary.
Source: Insignia Anglica. Artist: Unknown Illustrator (Pages 42, 62).
Source: Insignia Anglica. Artist unknown. (Pages 42, 62.)
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Commonplace Book of Heraldry (Folio 48v). Artist: Jean Faucket. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Commonplace Book of Heraldry. (Folio 48v.) Artist: Jean Faucket. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: 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.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary. A cross which has been split into interlaced strips.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A symbolic version of the human heart. Default posture: point to base. No proper coloration.
Source: Insignia Urbium Italiae Septentrionalis (Folio 14r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Insignia Urbium Italiae Septentrionalis. Artist unknown. (Folio 14r.)
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Central ordinary.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
