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crosses: christian religious symbol of a humiliating death by torture, often found in churches or in public places. A Protestant cross is empty (Christ is no longer suffering) and a Roman Catholic cross has a writhing dying Jesus on it, a supposedly naked man, making it a crucifix.

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Scans from The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval collected and engraved by Freeman Gage Delamotte (1814 – 1862); London, Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1879

If anyone is interested, I’ll try and do some better scans of the alphabets and examples of calligraphy and calligraphic initials in this book.

(Note: Mediæval is the older British English spelling of Mediaeval, or Medieval).

The full title page is transcribed alongside its image. This is an oblong octavo with alphabets printed in various colours including red, green and brown.

I found an online copy of a similar book by the same author at illuminated-books.com but it is for non-commercial use only.

53.11.—Four Quarters Cross

53.11.—Four Quarters Cross

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A cross with a centre divided into four quarters, perhaps representing the four Gospels, the four Evangelists who wrote them, or the four corners of the world. This cross might look well on a map as [...]

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53.5.—Cross With Unkempt Hair

53.5.—Cross With Unkempt Hair

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This might be a symbol representing a crown, with the crosses implying rule over a spirtual realm but with temporal power, such as an abbot or bishop. I don’t know what the hairstyle is about. Maybe [...]

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53.4.—Decorative Cross

53.4.—Decorative Cross

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A decorative cross. The outer part is an anchor cross or a fleur-de-lys cross. I have no further information on this one. There is an index of different crosses at Seiyaku (a site primarily about West [...]

Keywords: symbols, crosses, spirit, religion, arrows, fleurs de lys

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53.9.—Gothic Cross

53.9.—Gothic Cross

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A cross between a cross and the ace of clubs, or perhaps clover leaves. This is called a ‘budded cross’, and in heraldry a ‘treflee cross’, ‘trefoil cross’, ‘bontonee cross’ or bottony cross’. Seiyak [...]

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53.6.—Cross with Circle

53.6.—Cross with Circle

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Perhaps the circle represents the world, the inner signs the four nails used to crucify the naked Jesus, the outer branches of the cross with the fleurons representing the religion itself. This would [...]

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53.1.—Cross of the Holy Name

53.1.—Cross of the Holy Name

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

The closest cross I could find to this one is the symbol used in Cabbalistic mysticism representing a Holy Name. It is also similar to the cross used by the pope and other Papist dignitaries alongsid [...]

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53.21.—Decorative Cross

53.21.—Decorative Cross

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

A cross, seemingly made of three bells and a rose.

This image is taken from plate 53.

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53.7.—Clubs On Legs

53.7.—Clubs On Legs

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Possibly an architectural cross seen at the top of an arch.

This image is taken from plate 53.

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53.3.—Clubs

53.3.—Clubs

Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

This symbol is part-way between a clover-leaf, a Lutheran Cross and they sign for the playing-card suit of clubs, which in turn derives from the alchemical symbol for wood. This image is taken from pl [...]

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