THE SALTIRE

The saltire or saltier (Fig. 184) is more frequently to be met with in Scottish than in English heraldry. This is not surprising, inasmuch as the saltire is known as the Cro of St. Andrew, the Patron Saint of Scotland. Its form is too well known to need description. It is of course subject to the usual partition lines (Figs. 185-192). When a saltire is charged the charges are usually placed conformably therewith. The field of a coat of arms is often per saltire. When one saltire couped is the principal charge it will usually be 132 found that it is couped conformably to the outline of the shield; but if the couped saltire be one of a number or a subsidiary charge it will be found couped by horizontal lines, or by lines at right angles. The saltire has not developed into so many varieties of form as the cro , and ( e.g. ) a saltire botonny is a umed to be a cro botonny placed saltire ways, but a saltire parted and fretty is to be met with (Fig. 193).