Cross pattée: Difference between revisions

A '''cross pattée''', '''cross patty or Pate''', or '''cross paty''', also known as a '''cross formy''' or '''cross formée''' ({{lang-fr|croix pattée}}, {{lang-de|Tatzenkreuz}}) or '''[[Templar]] cross''', is a type of [[Christian cross]] with arms that are narrow at the centre, and often flared in a curve or straight line shape, to be broader at the perimeter. The form appears very early in medieval art, for example in a metalwork [[treasure binding]] given to [[Monza Cathedral]] by [[Lombards|Lombard]] queen [[Theodelinda]] (died 628), and the 8th-century lower cover of the [[Lindau Gospels]] in the [[Morgan Library]]. An early English example from the start of the age of heraldry proper (i.e. about 1200) is found in the arms of [[Baron Berkeley]].