Saltire

Central ordinary. The width is typically a third of the width of the device or a bit narrower. This a thick saltire.

Sometimes blazoned a “St. Andrew’s cross.”

Central ordinary. The width is typically a third of the width of the device or a bit narrower. This a thin saltire.

Sometimes blazoned a “St. Andrew’s cross.”

Central ordinary. A saltire with a circular protrusion in the center. Considered a step from period practice (SFPP).

Central ordinary. A saltire with a square protrusion in the center. Considered a step from period practice (SFPP).

Couped ordinary.

A saltire formed of chain links.

Source: Insignia Urbium Italiae Septentrionalis. Artist: Unknown.

(Found in the arms of de Gayano.) Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.