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1775 – Coronation of Louis XVI – Reims Louis XVI has goldsmith, Auguste, check and repair the sword of Charlemagne and its sheath, the crown of Charlemagne, the clasp of the coat, the sceptre, and the Hand of Justice. Reims not used again for a coronation until Charles X
Crown Jewels of France, on display at the Louvre with the crown and diadem of Empress Eugénie to the left, the set of Queen Marie Amélie in the centre, and the crown of Louis XV to the right with the diadem of the Duchess of Angoulême The Côte-de-Bretagne red spinel with the set of Queen Marie Amélie to the left, the bracelets and diadem of the Duchess of Angoulême in the centre and ...
Several versions of the "Hand of Justice" (main de justice ), often held together with the scepter of Saint Louis, all destroyed during the Revolution; a 1804 recreation for the coronation of Napoleon I, which includes older elements including the 13th-century "ring of Saint Denis", [10] is held in the Louvre [11]
Hand of justice displayed at the Louvre, Paris. High justice, also known as ius gladii ("right of the sword") or in German as Blutgerichtsbarkeit, Blutgericht (lit. "blood justice", "blood-court"; [2] sometimes also Halsgericht, lit. "neck-justice", or peinliches Gericht [3]) is the highest penal authority, including capital punishment, as held by a sovereign—the sword of justice and hand of ...
In France, the royal sceptre was tipped with a fleur de lys, and the other, known as the main de justice, had an open hand of benediction on the top. [citation needed]
In the copy, the figure's pose is modelled on that of Michaelangelo's David, standing with the sceptre of Charles V of France in one hand and a gold laurel wreath on his head. To his left is a cushion bearing the hand of justice and an orb, whilst there is a throne in the background.
Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae (Latin for scepter and hand of justice) was a constellation created by Augustin Royer in 1679 to honor king Louis XIV of France. It was formed from stars of what is today the constellations Lacerta and western Andromeda.
Although the image of Marianne did not garner significant attention until 1792, the origins of this "goddess of Liberty" date back to 1775, when Jean-Michel Moreau painted her as a young woman dressed in Roman style clothing with a Phrygian cap atop a pike held in one hand [5] that years later would become a national symbol across France.