Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The globus cruciger (Latin, "cross-bearing orb"), also known as the orb and cross, is an orb (lat. globus) topped (lat. gerere = to wear) with a cross (lat. crux), a Christian symbol of authority used throughout the Middle Ages and even today on coins, iconography, and royal regalia. It symbolises Christ's (the cross) dominion over the world (the orb), literally held in the dominion of an earthly ruler (or sometimes celestial being such as an angel). When held by Christ himself, the subject is known in the iconography of Western art as Salvator Mundi ("Saviour of the World"), or in statuary as the Infant Jesus of Prague. It is associated with the sceptre."@en }
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- Globus_cruciger abstract "The globus cruciger (Latin, "cross-bearing orb"), also known as the orb and cross, is an orb (lat. globus) topped (lat. gerere = to wear) with a cross (lat. crux), a Christian symbol of authority used throughout the Middle Ages and even today on coins, iconography, and royal regalia. It symbolises Christ's (the cross) dominion over the world (the orb), literally held in the dominion of an earthly ruler (or sometimes celestial being such as an angel). When held by Christ himself, the subject is known in the iconography of Western art as Salvator Mundi ("Saviour of the World"), or in statuary as the Infant Jesus of Prague. It is associated with the sceptre.".