Lattice cross (heraldry)
The lattice cross can be a common figure or a herald image in heraldry . Shown is a cross shape made up of several narrow bars connected or interwoven at the crossing points. The distance between the bars running in the same direction is similar to their individual widths, and the total width of the cross bars formed by them corresponds to a heraldic bar or pole , i.e. 1/3 or 2/7 of the shield width. If the bars are tinged , they are mostly uniform, but usually deviating from the shield surface.
A symbolic meaning of the lattice cross is not known.
According to Gritzner , the grid cross consists of “4 narrow bars, 2 of which are placed on top of each other so that they form the shape of a common cross”. Gritzner calls a cross made of more than 4 bars a grid .
Other authors use the term “lattice cross” more broadly and also for crosses with more than two bars per direction.
For lattice crosses with two or three bars in each direction, there are also the terms twin cross and triple cross . If the bars are intertwined at the point of intersection (visibly alternately superimposed) instead of connected, one also speaks of a wickerwork cross or simply a wickerwork cross . If the bars are much thinner than the distance between them, one speaks of a crosshair .
The designation can also be found in individual cases as a general term for a common figure without reference to the heraldic terminology. The blazon of Großsolt's coat of arms reads : “In green, a golden house brand in the form of an overturned Latin lattice cross consisting of six diamonds , of which the one that forms the intersection is enlarged.” In this case, the “lattice cross” names the lattice-like cross Composite cross elements.
Grid cross according to Gritzner
Wickerwork cross
Twin crosshairs
"Braided cross with cross beams slightly pushed apart" (coat of arms of the unified community Möser )
Rockeskyll coat of arms with a lattice cross as a common figure
Großsolt coat of arms
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Maximilian Gritzner: Principles of heraldic art, combined with a manual of heraldic terminology. Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1889–1890 (facsimile edition 2012: ISBN 3-226-00671-1 ), p. 39, illustration panel 6, no. 71.
- ↑ Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. (From apple cross to twin bars). 3rd, unchanged edition. Battenberg, Regenstauf 2011, ISBN 978-3-86646-077-5 , p. 162: "... formed from several bars that are intertwined at their crossing points."
- ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms