Cross of Cammin
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Basic Information:[edit | edit source]
Also known as a Camminer cross. A type of "Pommeranian rune". Not easily blazonable in Western heraldic terms (and, therefore, likely unregisterable) - "an inverted F superimposed on a T" or "a Tau cross with the sinister cross-limb folded downward at the end, and the lower limb conjoined to a potent in dexter"
Device of the Bishopric of Cammin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishopric_of_Cammin Now part of the Archdiocese of Berlin - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Berlin
History:[edit | edit source]
According to Arms and People in Ulrich Richental's Chronik des Konzils zu Konstanz by Steen Clemmenson:
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http://www.armorial.dk/german/Richental.pdf
General Sources:[edit | edit source]
Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/heraldry/ Laurel Armory Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/armory_articles.html Period Armorials
Precedents:[edit | edit source]
Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[1]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[2]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents)