Bolnisi cross

The Bolnisi cross (Georgian: ბოლნური ჯვარი bolnuri ǰvari) is a cross symbol, taken from a 5th-century ornament at the Bolnisi Sioni church, which came to be used as a national symbol of Georgia.

It is a variant of the

The four small crosses used in the Georgian flag are officially described as bolnur-kacʼxuri (bolnur-katskhuri, ბოლნურ-კაცხური)^{[clarification needed]} even though they are only slightly pattée.

See also

• Grapevine cross
• Christian cross variants

References

• Helen Machavariani: Bolnisi sionis samsheneblo carcera. Mecniereba, Tbilisi 1985