A
cross pattée (or "cross patty", known also as "cross formée/formy") is a type of
cross which has arms narrow at the center, and often flared in a curve or straight line shape, to be broader at the perimeter. The form appears very early in medieval art, for example in a metalwork
treasure binding given to
Monza Cathedral by Queen
Theodelinda (d. 628), and the 8th century lower cover of the
Lindau Gospels in the
Morgan Library. An early English example from the start of the age of heraldry proper (i.e. about 1200) is found in the arms of
Baron Berkeley.