The name derives from its shape, which resembles amillrind, the iron clamp of the uppermillstone,moline being theOld French for a mill. It is very similar to one of the varieties of the "fer de moline" heraldic charge (literal French: "iron of a mill"), the forked tips of which, however, circle out slightly more, akin to the"cross recercelee". It is borne both inverted and rebated, and sometimes "saltirewise" (i.e. in the form of a saltire).
The cross moline is associated with St.Benedict of Nursia. As a result, it is widely used as an emblem by the monks and nuns of theOrder of St. Benedict, which he founded.[1]
A crosscercelée,sarcelly, orrecercelée is an exaggerated cross moline, and to a lesser extent similar to theanchored cross, with its forked tips curving around both ways, like aram's horns. The form is also calledrecercelée, for example by Boutell.[2][3][4] Over time, English and French heralds reinterpreted the term (sometimes even treating the various spellings as multiple words with different meanings); because many crosses sarcelly were also depictedvoided, some writers later used the term to mean voided, applied it to animals to mean cut in half, or applied it tobordures meaningengrailed orindented.[5][6]
^Henry Gough; James Parker (1894).A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry. p. 493.
^Bradley; James Augustus Henry Murray; Murray (1914).A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philosophical Society. p. 108.[entries "Sarcelled" and "Sarcelly"]
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Brooke-Little, J P, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms,An heraldic alphabet (new and revised edition), Robson Books, London, 1985 (first edition 1975); very few illustrations
Friar, Stephen (ed)A New Dictionary of Heraldry Alphabooks, Sherborne, 1987; with very few illustration of attitudes* Greaves, Kevin,A Canadian Heraldic Primer, Heraldry Society of Canada, Ottawa, 2000, lots but not enough illustrations
Innes of Learney, Sir Thomas, Lord Lyon King of ArmsScots Heraldry (second edition)Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1956
Moncreiffe of Easter Moncreiffe, Iain, Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms, and Pottinger, Don, Herald Painter Extraordinary to the Court of the Lord Lyon King of ArmsSimple Heraldry, Thomas Nelson and Sons, London andf Edinburgh, 1953; splendidly illustrated
Neubecker, Ottfried (1976).Heraldry: Sources, Symbols and Meaning. Maidenhead, England: McGraw-Hill.ISBN0-07-046312-3.
Royal Heraldry Society of Canada,Members' Roll of Arms, with illustrations of bearings, searchable onlinehttp://www.heraldry.ca/
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Cercelée".Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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