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Quadrate (heraldry)

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In heraldry, an ordinary is described as quadrate (or more fully, nowy quadrate), when it has a square central boss.

  • Cross quadrate argent Cross quadrate argent
  • Cross quadrate sable Cross quadrate sable
  • Cross quadrate gammadion Cross quadrate gammadion
  • Saltire quadrate Saltire quadrate
  • St. Chad cross St. Chad cross
  • Cross paty quadrate Cross paty quadrate
  • Shield of Durham University: Argent, a cross paty quadrate gules; on a canton azure a chevron or between three lions rampant argent. Shield of Durham University: Argent, a cross paty quadrate gules; on a canton azure a chevron or between three lions rampant argent.
  • Banner of the Burgh of Markinch, Scotland: Gules, on a cross nowy quadrate argent a cock gules. Banner of the Burgh of Markinch, Scotland: Gules, on a cross nowy quadrate argent a cock gules.
  • Gules, a cross paty quadrate or, charged with five mullets of six points gules: a chief arched ermine charged with two Cornish choughs proper - Vickers, England Gules, a cross paty quadrate or, charged with five mullets of six points gules: a chief arched ermine charged with two Cornish choughs proper - Vickers, England

Only certain ordinaries are usually shown quadrate: the cross, the pale, and the fess – but not, for example, a bordure or chevron.

A saltire quadrate has the square lozengeways:

  • Arms of North West Province, South Africa: Per saltire gules and azure, a saltire quadrate vert, fimbriated argent. Arms of North West Province, South Africa: Per saltire gules and azure, a saltire quadrate vert, fimbriated argent.

References

  1. Gough, Henry; Parker, James (1894). A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry (New ed.). Oxford and London: J. Parker and Co. p. 112.


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