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Cercelée, or sarcelly or recercelée, is a term in heraldry. A cross cercelée is like an exaggerated
Example
of a ''cross cercelée''
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Cercelée, or sarcelly or recercelée, is a term in heraldry. A cross cercelée is like an exaggerated cross moline
The cross moline (also cross anchory, French ''croix ancrée'' "anchor cross") is a Christian cross, constituting a kind of heraldic cross.
History
The name derives from its shape, which resembles a millrind, the iron clamp of the upper millst ...
, and to a lesser extent similar to 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.Boutell, Charles. ''Heraldry Historical & Popular'', London, 1863, p. 29
See also
*Cleché
In heraldry, a cross (or other ordinary (heraldry), ordinary) cleché, or clechée, flares out at the ends in a shape resembling the bow of an old-fashioned key (lock), key (French language, French ''clé''). An example is the Occitan_cross, Occ ...
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Example
of a ''cross cercelée''
{{Christian crosses Christian symbols Cross symbols