Globus cruciger
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The globus cruciger, also known as "the orb and cross" or stavroforos sphaira, is an orb surmounted by a cross. It has been a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages, used on coins, in ico
Imperial Orb of the Holy Roman Empire, part of the Imperial Regalia
Augustus as Jove, holding scepter and orb, first half of 1st century AD
The globus cruciger was used in the Byzantine Empire, as shown in this coin of Emperor Leontius (died 705)
Christ as Salvator Mundi with globus cruciger by Andrea Previtali
Infant Jesus of Prague
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The Infant Jesus of Prague is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the Child Jesus holding a globus cruciger of Spanish origin, now located in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Our Lady of Victo
Globus cruciger
…of Western art, when Christ himself holds the globe, he is called Salvator Mundi (Latin for 'Saviour of the World'). For instance, the 16th-century Infant Jesus of Prague statue holds a globus cruciger in this manner. Holding the world in one's hand, or, more ominously, under one's foot, has been a symbol since antiquity…
Infant Jesus wearing his ordinary green vestment along with his present canonical crown
The Church of Our Lady Victorious, in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic
A German copy of the statue, with a white wig instead of the traditional blonde or reddish-brown hair, circa 1870
The vicariate replica copy of the Infant Jesus of Prague in its bare format