We'd like to use analytics cookies to understand which symbols people look up, so we know what to research next. They are not used for advertising and we set none of them unless you say yes. What we store.
A cross whose arms each end in a crossbar, forming T-shapes.
Also known as: Crutch cross, Jerusalem cross
Each arm terminates in a transverse bar, so every limb reads as a T. Named from an old word for a crutch. Four small crosses potent quartered with a larger one make the Jerusalem Cross.
A cross whose four arms each end in a crossbar at right angles, so each limb forms a T. 'Potent' is an old term for a crutch.
A large cross potent with four small crosses in the quarters forms the Jerusalem Cross, the arms of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem — a coat famous for placing gold on silver against the rule of tincture.
Crusader period onward
A cross whose four arms each end in a short crossbar set at right angles, so each arm forms a T shape.