Knot: rope looped with ends crossed

Loop of rope with ends crossed (Period)

Loop of rope with ends crossed (Period)

The “loop of rope with ends crossed” isn’t strictly a knot, but is included here as an example of rope figures in period armory.  It’s found in the Polish arms of Szamotuły, c.1460 [GATD 119v].

Thomas the Green bears:  Per pale vert and argent, a loop of rope, ends crossed in base, sable.

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