Diamond cross
The diamond cross is a common figure in heraldry and can appear in two variants in the coat of arms.
First, four diamonds are shown with the tips facing each other so that they form a cross with equal arms and all diamonds are of the same color.
The second representation in the form of window diamonds (openwork diamonds, or the edge line of the diamond) is then called the window ridge cross or Mackel cross . Here the diamonds have the color within a frame of the coat of arms background. Usually five, less often four, diamonds are used in this representation. However, the filling of the diamonds can also have a color that differs from that of the coat of arms and is then considered filled .
With five window diamonds, the cross is also called an edge cube cross . If there is a hint of a braiding / knot in the continuous rhombus border over all rhombic elements, this is a cube-knot cross (interwoven window- wedge cross) , similar to the angular bowen knot of English heraldry . Heraldically, this difference is often neglected.
literature
- Walter Leonhard : The great book of heraldic art. Development - elements - motifs - design . Bechtermünz, Augsburg 2001, ISBN 3-8289-0768-7 .
- Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry . Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1984.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Christoph Gatterer : Outline of heraldry or heraldry . Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nuremberg 1774, Tab.IX Fig. 439 .
- ↑ Leonhard: The great book of heraldic art . 2001, p. 168.
- ^ Bernhard Peter: Correct and good blazon . Section pattern blowing 5: coat of arms Peter .