Maltese crosses

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      1. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Maltese crosses</skos:prefLabel>

      2. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="nl">Maltezer kruisen</skos:prefLabel>

      3. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="it">croci di Malta</skos:prefLabel>

      4. <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="es">cruces de Malta</skos:prefLabel>

      5. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Maltese cross</skos:altLabel>

      6. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">crosses, Maltese</skos:altLabel>

      7. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">crosses of eight points</skos:altLabel>

      8. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="en">Amalfi crosses</skos:altLabel>

      9. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="nl">Maltezer kruis</skos:altLabel>

      10. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="nl">Maltezer kruizen</skos:altLabel>

      11. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="nl">johannieterkruis</skos:altLabel>

      12. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="nl">johannieterkruisen</skos:altLabel>

      13. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="it">croce di Malta</skos:altLabel>

      14. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="it">croci biforcate</skos:altLabel>

      15. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="it">croce biforcata</skos:altLabel>

      16. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="it">croce a otto punte</skos:altLabel>

      17. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="it">croci a otto punte</skos:altLabel>

      18. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="it">croci con terminazioni biforcate</skos:altLabel>

      19. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="it">croce con terminazioni biforcate</skos:altLabel>

      20. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="es">cruz de Malta</skos:altLabel>

      21. <skos:altLabel xml:lang="es">cruz de San Juan</skos:altLabel>

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      23. <skos:note xml:lang="en">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.</skos:note>

      24. <skos:note xml:lang="es">Cruces que tienen cada brazo extendido y terminando en dos puntas.</skos:note>

      25. <skos:note xml:lang="nl">Kruizen waarbij elke arm zich verbreedt en eindigt in twee punten.</skos:note>

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