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The globus cruciger (Latin for 'cross-bearing orb'), also known as stavroforos sphaira (Greek: σταυροφόρος σφαίρα) [1] or "the orb and cross", is an orb surmounted by a cross. It has been a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages , used on coins , in iconography , and with a sceptre as royal regalia .
The globus cruciger is a golden globe decorated with a band of enamel and diamonds. On top of this is a half-circle of enamel and diamonds. It is topped by a diamond-studded cross. The cross represents Christ's dominion over the orb of the world. [13] It was made in Hamburg for the coronation of Frederick III in 1648.
The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental entities of the cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, and others. In these celestial models, the apparent motions of the fixed stars and planets are accounted for by treating them as embedded in rotating spheres made of an aetherial ...
Like the sceptres, The Sovereign's Orb is a significant part of the traditional coronation regalia. The golden, jeweled ball, surmounted by a gem-encrusted cross, is designed as a symbol that the ...
An imaginary portrait by Albrecht Dürer Imperial Crown (Reichskrone) Imperial Orb (Reichsapfel) Coronation Gospel (Krönungsevangeliar) Glove from Palermo before 1220. The Imperial Regalia, also called Imperial Insignia [citation needed] (in German Reichskleinodien, Reichsinsignien or Reichsschatz), are regalia of the Holy Roman Emperor.
Globus cruciger, an orb-and-cross symbol of Christian authority Sovereign's Orb, a Crown Jewel of the United Kingdom; The trademarked symbol printed on genuine Harris Tweed; O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base, a 2002 computer game; Orb web, a type of spider web; Orb (horse), the winner of the 2013 Kentucky Derby; Orb (optics), an optical artifact ...
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (Japanese: チ。―地球の運動について―, Hepburn: Chi: Chikyū no Undō ni Tsuite [a]) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Uoto . It was serialized in Shogakukan 's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from September 2020 to April 2022, with its chapters collected in ...
Xi Aquilae b (abbreviated ξ Aquilae b, ξ Aql b), formally named Fortitudo / f ɔːr t ɪ ˈ tj uː d oʊ /, is an extrasolar planet approximately 184 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Aquila.