Cercelée
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Cercelée, or Sarcelly, is a term in heraldry
. A cross cercelée is like an exaggerated cross moline
and to a lesser extent like the anchored cross
, with its forked tips curving around both ways, like a ram's horns. The form is also known as recercelée, for example by Boutell.
Heraldry
Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
. A cross cercelée is like an exaggerated cross moline
Cross moline
The cross moline is a heraldic charge. It is so called because its shape resembles a millrind, moline being the Old French for a mill, the iron clamp of the upper millstone. It is very similar to one of the varieties of the "fer de moline" heraldic charge , the forked tips of which however...
and to a lesser extent like the anchored cross
Anchored Cross
The Anchored Cross, or Mariner's Cross, is a stylized cross in the shape of an anchor. It is a symbol which is shaped like a plus sign with anchor-like protrusions at the end of each arm, hence the name Anchored Cross...
, with its forked tips curving around both ways, like a ram's horns. The form is also known as recercelée, for example by Boutell.
External links
- Example of a cross cercelée (http://www.factophile.com/show.content?action=view&pageid=432)
