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Maltese crosses (motif) (crosses (motifs), motifs, ... Design Elements (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Crosses having four splayed arms; it is an eight-pointed cross comprising four deep V-shapes joined together at their apex, so that each arm has two points. The cross was originally the symbol of medieval Amalfi, a small Italian republic. The form has been in use since the First Crusade, when the eight points represented the eight facets of courage: loyalty, piety, honesty, bravery, honor, fearlessness, charity, and obedience to the church.
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| Terms: |
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| Maltese crosses (motif) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
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| Maltese cross (motif) (C,U,English,AD,U,U)
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| crosses, Maltese (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| crosses of eight points (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| Amalfi crosses (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| 馬爾他十字架 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U)
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| ma ěr tā shí zì jià (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U)
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| ma er ta shi zi jia (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U)
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| ma erh t'a shih tzu chia (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U)
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| Maltezer kruisen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| Maltezer kruizen (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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| johannieterkruis (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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| johannieterkruisen (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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| croci di Malta (C,U,Italian-P,D,U,U)
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| croce di Malta (C,U,Italian,AD,U,U)
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| croci biforcate (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
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| croce biforcata (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
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| croce a otto punte (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
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| croci a otto punte (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
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| croci con terminazioni biforcate (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
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| croce con terminazioni biforcate (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
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| cruces de Malta (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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| cruz de Malta (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,U)
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| cruz de San Juan (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: D.DG |
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........ design elements (attributes) (G) |
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............ motifs (G) |
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................ crosses (motifs) (G) |
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.................... Maltese crosses (motif) (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 有著四條向外展開的線桿的十字架；這是一種有八個尖端的十字架，由四個在其頂端處相互連接的深V字形狀所組合而成，所以每條線桿都有兩個尖端。這種十字架原先是中古世紀的義大利小共和國阿瑪菲（Amalfi）的標誌。這個形狀從第一次的十字軍東征起就已被採用，而十字架的八個尖端在當時代就表著勇氣的八大層面：忠誠、虔誠、誠實、勇敢、榮譽、無懼、慈悲與服從教會。 |
| Dutch ..... Kruizen waarbij elke arm zich verbreedt en eindigt in twee punten. |
| Spanish ..... Cruces que tienen cada brazo extendido y terminando en dos puntas. |
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