Maltese crosses
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Descripción
Crosses having four splayed arms; it is an eight-pointed cross comprising four deep V-shapes joined together at their apex, so that each arm has two points. The cross was originally the symbol of medieval Amalfi, a small Italian republic. The form has been in use since the First Crusade, when the eight points represented the eight facets of courage: loyalty, piety, honesty, bravery, honor, fearlessness, charity, and obedience to the church.
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Otros términos
- Maltezer kruisen [nl]
- croci di Malta [it]
- cruces de Malta [es]
- Maltese cross [en]
- crosses, Maltese [en]
- crosses of eight points [en]
- Amalfi crosses [en]
- Maltezer kruis [nl]
- Maltezer kruizen [nl]
- johannieterkruis [nl]
- johannieterkruisen [nl]
- croce di Malta [it]
- croci biforcate [it]
- croce biforcata [it]
- croce a otto punte [it]
- croci a otto punte [it]
- croci con terminazioni biforcate [it]
- croce con terminazioni biforcate [it]
- cruz de Malta [es]
- cruz de San Juan [es]