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Typically, the orb is presented to the monarch toward the end of the coronation ceremony, and is held in their right hand before being placed on the altar so they can accept the two sceptres.
Orb and Sceptre was commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain, [3] and Walton obtained permission to dedicate the piece to the Queen, a considerable honour, as such permission was rarely granted. [4] Walton said that he had taken the title of Crown Imperial from a speech in Shakespeare's Henry V:
The Sceptre is also a part of coronation regalia, with the same 1661 origins. Unlike the religious symbolism of the orb, the three-foot-long staff represents the monarch’s power in the secular ...
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 Mesopotamian sceptre was mostly called ĝidru in Sumerian and ḫaṭṭum in Akkadian. [1] The Biblical Book of Genesis refers to the sceptre of Judah. "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be." —
The march was played, as was a new work by Walton – Orb and Sceptre – at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. [17] Crown Imperial was performed as a recessional piece at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011, [ 18 ] and was among the music played in Westminster Abbey before the service for the ...
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