The world as an apple on the hand: the orb and its relationship with medieval cartography

This article focuses on the orb –an insignia of power that situates the world in the hands of the sovereign–, and the connection that it had in the Middle Ages with geography and cartography, both in form and symbolism. Due to the shortage of preserved examples, iconographic sources will be relied u...

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Published in:Anales de historia del arte 2014-01, Vol.23, p.537-549
Main Author: Sandra Sáenz-López Pérez
Format: Article
Language:eng ; por
Subjects:
claudio ptolomeo
cristo salvador
edad media
henricus martellus germanus
mapa
pomo
regalia insignia
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Summary:This article focuses on the orb –an insignia of power that situates the world in the hands of the sovereign–, and the connection that it had in the Middle Ages with geography and cartography, both in form and symbolism. Due to the shortage of preserved examples, iconographic sources will be relied upon, as it is within portraits of emperors, kings and also Christ as the Savior where the orb appears as a defining element of the medieval image of power.
ISSN:0214-6452
1988-2491
DOI:10.5209/rev_ANHA.2013.v23.42853