Maltese cross
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maltese-cross-163-13603048
title:
Maltese cross
text:
The Maltese cross is a cross symbol, consisting of four "V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically. It is a heraldic cross variant which developed from earlier forms of eight-pointed crosses in the 16th century. Although chiefly associated with the Knights Hospitaller, and by extension with the island of Malta, it has come to be used by a wide array of entities since the early modern period,
notably the O
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Heraldic cross
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_cross
date created:
2004-09-05T23:35:43Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T17:47:23Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Malteserkreuz.svg","width":320,"height":320}
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13
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