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The heraldic term for an X-shaped cross is a 'saltire', from the old French word saultoir or salteur (itself derived from the Latin saltatorium), a word for both a type of stile constructed from two cross pieces and a type of cross-shaped stirrup-cord. [7] In heraldic language, the Scottish flag may be blazoned azure, a saltire argent.
A diagonal cross (decussate cross, saltire, St. Andrew's Cross) A saltire , also called Saint Andrew's Cross or the crux decussata , [ 1 ] is a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross . The word comes from the Middle French sautoir , Medieval Latin saltatoria (" stirrup ").
A blue Saint Andrew's Saltire superimposed over a red Saint George's Cross on a white background. 17th-century: Scottish Covenanter flag: 1698-1700: Flag of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. Red background with three small stripes at the bottom, from top to bottom, blue, white, and blue, representing a sea.
Saint Andrew's Cross may refer to: Saltire, a heraldic symbol in the form of a diagonal cross, including a gallery of flags; St. Andrew's cross (philately), a saltire that occurs on some philatelic items; Ensign of the Russian Navy, a saltire flag used by the Russian Navy as its ensign
The carved Saint Andrew's cross in the left-hand wooden post was to prevent witches from flying down the chimney, in Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole. Several legends claim that the relics of Andrew were brought by divine guidance from Constantinople to the place where the modern Scottish town of St Andrews stands today (Gaelic, Cill Rìmhinn).
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The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.
One theory for them being used is that Saint Rumbold, the patron saint of Mechelen, was an Irish monk and in medieval times Irish monks were called Scotii, and thus later the arms of Scotland were taken as arms for the saint. Another theory is that Saint Rumbold was the son of a Scottish King and thus his arms were identical to the Scottish ...