Dominic Cross

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Dominic Cross

The Dominikus Cross is a common figure in heraldry and is not often found in the coat of arms as a heraldic figure .

Represented a priority in the colors black and white geviertes Cross with in lilies expiring cross arms.

The cross cannot be clearly assigned to its namesake or to its creation. Dominikus (around 1170-1221) was a Spanish donor and founder of the Dominican order .

literature

  • Author collective: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna, Volume 5, Fourth Edition, 1885–1892
  • Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon . Volume 5. Leipzig 1906, p. 102

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