Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The sceptre is decorated with 285 gemstones, including 94 diamonds, 53 rubies, 10 emeralds, 4 sapphires and 3 spinels. [191] Circling the rod are bands of precious stones. At the top is a gold monde set with diamonds and topped by a plain cross, upon which sits a white enamelled dove with its wings outspread, representing the Holy Ghost. [193]
The Royal sceptre is made from 18-carat gold, 4 sapphires, 5 spinels and 62 pearls with an extra large spinel mounted on top of the sceptre; it weighs 1,013 g. The Royal orb is also made from 18-carat gold, 8 sapphires, 6 spinels and 31 pearls.
In a contemporary account of Richard I’s coronation, the royal sceptre of gold with a gold cross (sceptrum), and the gold rod with a gold dove on the top (virga), enter the historical record for the first time. About 1450, Sporley, a monk of Westminster, compiled a list of the relics there.
Other parts of the Ethiopian regalia include a jewelled gold sword, a gold and ivory sceptre, a large gold orb with cross, a diamond studded ring, two gold filigreed lances of traditional Ethiopian form, and long scarlet robes heavily embroidered in gold. Each of these seven ornaments was given to the emperor after one of his seven anointing on ...
The globus cruciger (made up of a monde and cross) was generally featured as the finial of European royal crowns, whether on physical crowns or merely in royal heraldry, for example, in Denmark, the Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and Yugoslavia.
Royal treasures hidden since World War II recovered from cathedral. Jack Guy, CNN. January 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM. ... There was also a crown, a scepter, an orb, three rings, a chain and coffin ...
Tavernier's original sketch of the diamond which became the Royal French Blue. Gouache of the great Golden Fleece [including the "Royal French Blue"] of king Louis XV of France, version 1 of 2008, painted by Pascal Monney (ca. 16 × 6 cm) The Hope Diamond, which was cut from the Royal French Blue, part of the French Crown Jewels stolen in 1792.
As the royal jewels are in the news, so are renewed calls to return the diamonds to their countries of origin. Imperial State Crown and royal scepter glimmer, but some say on back of colonialism ...