Heraldry emerged in western Europe at the start of the 13th century out of earlier traditions.
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Crosses are shown on the arms of: the legendary Prester John ( attributed arms showing a full crucifix including the figure of Christ), the King of Jerusalem (the Jerusalem cross), the Emperor of Constantinople ( the Palaiologos dynasty emblem with the Betas interpreted as crescents), the " King of Greece", and King Edward the Confessor of England ( attributed arms showing a cross and five martlets). Ī section of Segar's Roll, a 17th-century copy of a late 13th-century English roll of arms. Early cross or spiral-like shield decorations, not necessarily with Christian symbolism, are already found on depictions of shields of the 11th century. The red-on-white cross came to be used by the Knights Templar, and the white-on-red one by the Knights Hospitaller (also white-on-black) the Teutonic Order used a black-on white version. In 1188, Kings Henry II of England and Philip II of France agreed to launch the Third Crusade together, and that Henry would use a white cross and Philip a red cross. The cross was used as a field sign by the Christian troops during the Crusades. Under the Heraclian dynasty (7th century), coins also depict simply crosses potent, patty, or pommy. The globus cruciger and the staurogram is used in Byzantine coins and seals during the Heraclian period (6th century). The Christian cross emblem ( Latin cross or Greek cross) was used from the 5th century, deriving from a T-shape representing the gibbet ( stauros, crux) of the crucifixion of Jesus in use from at least the 2nd century.
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