Excerpt from Catalogue des Chevaliers de Malte: Appelés Successivement Chevaliers de l'Ordre Militaire Et Hospitalier de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem, de Rhodes Et de Malte, 1099-1890Malte. On désigne même souvent la forme de cette croix sous le nom de croix de Saint-jean, dont le croisillon est fixé au milieu de la hauteur, pour la distinguer de la croix latine qui le place un peu plus haut, et de la croix grecque, dont les quatre bras sont égaux.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.