Cupules
What is their purpose ?
These Crozant-type crosses are all the more enigmatic because the majority of them have a cupule at the top.
CUPULE, subst. fem.
A. – Botany A scaly or spiny organ, hollowed out in the form of a small cup, surrounding the flower, then the fruit of certain trees (oaks, chestnuts, beeches, etc.)
B. - by analogy - An object shaped like a small cup.
Source : CNRTL
Liliane Chevallier brought back a surprising photograph from her trip to Arbanassi in Bulagaria:
A small cross with a cupule at its top, exactly identical to those of Crozant.
(see page 26 of the magazine Confluents N°38-December 2019)