We are so accustomed to the conventionality of all these tsarist attributes, especially after the Soviet school, that we no longer attach importance to such "trifles", and not only we, the whole world no longer understands why the main rulers demonstrated their power and scepter.
Here she is the English queen, now living and ruling diligently demonstrates royal attributes, with her whole appearance she says - look, I have it! But she lowered her eyes somehow suspiciously, but does she have a real power?
What are the scepter and orb?
Here is the official answer: scepter - lavishly adorned with gems and crowned with a symbolic (as a rule, heraldic: fleur-de-lis, eagle, etc.) figure - a rod made of precious materials - silver, gold or ivory; along with the crown, one of the oldest insignia of autocratic power. In Russian history, the scepter was the successor of the royal staff - an everyday, not a ceremonial, symbol of the power of tsars and grand dukes who once received these regalia from the Crimean Tatars (!!! a very strange fact !!! we will come back to it !!!!) as a sign their vassal oath. In the composition of the royal regalia, a scepter "made of a one-horned bone (well, in all visibility of a unicorn, which was the coat of arms of Ivan the Terrible) three feet and a half long, lined with expensive stones" (Sir Jerome Horsey, Notes on Muscovy XVI,century) entered in 1584 at the wedding of Fyodor Ioanovich. This insignia of power, given in the altar of the temple by the Patriarch of All Russia into the hands of the Anointed One of God, was then included in the royal title: "God in the Trinity, the scepter holder of the Russian kingdom glorified by grace."
The scepter was included in the state emblem of Russia a century later. He took his now traditional place in the right paw of the two-headed eagle on the seal of 1667 of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.
Power is a symbol of monarchical power (for example, in Russia - a golden ball (!!!!) with a crown or cross). The name comes from the Old Russian "d'rzha" - power.
Sovereign balls were included in the attributes of power of the Roman, Byzantine, Germanic emperors. In the Christian era, the state was crowned with a cross.
The state was also a mark of distinction between the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire (!!!) and the English kings, starting with Edward the Confessor. Sometimes in the visual arts with power Christ was depicted as the Savior of the World or God the Father; in one of the variations, the orb was not in the hands of God, but under his foot, symbolizing the heavenly ball.
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Russia borrowed this emblem from Poland (????? why would it ????). It was first used as a symbol of royal power at the wedding ceremony of False Dmitry I to the kingdom (how much interesting information !!!). In Russia, it was originally called the sovereign apple (it's strange why an apple, not Adam's, from paradise ???). Since the reign of the Russian Emperor Paul I, it has been a ball made of blue yacht (who does not know this is a diamond, what size is it, with an apple or a soccer ball ???), showered with diamonds and crowned with a cross. In short, the usual nonsense but interspersed with information …
Let's start with the main thing - holding it in power! Whoever has power and power … that's exactly what the English queen tried to demonstrate !!! True, somehow with downcast eyes! Is she a real HOLDER! ???
The first images of the state are associated with Jesus Christ and the Archangel Michael!
One of the main icons of Christianity is called "Christ the Almighty", "Christ Pantocrator".
Power is a ball, transparent, probably not empty! Often it is depicted with blue, translucent content, or maybe over time the content turned blue, I don't know …
It seems to me that they simply did not carry it in their hands, but what would be convenient to show or use sometimes, they began to fix it in a special harness.
And then they made a protective ball of gold and put the transparent ball there, which would be more convenient to store.
And here the whole dog is buried !!! If you have a real ball - holding it, then you show it to all your subordinates at the coronation - here it is … don't even think … I AM THE POWER! But if you don't have one, then you show a gold case and diamonds studded with diamonds, not a ball, and at the same time you shamefacedly blunt your eyes, like Queen Elizabeth!
Here are the royal attributes of England, it seems that the ball there seems to be like a real one, so why didn't you show it ???
These are all wrong powers, I'll explain now … take a closer look at this …
Unfortunately, I did not find the history of this image, but this power is correct, because it is made like a cover, a container that opens for something, well, obviously it is not an ashtray, there was, or maybe the very ball is lying - holding, one pleases the coat of arms on it the Russian eagle, although … this does not mean anything!
Here is the last king who showed the correct hold.
Napoleon is somehow not confident … they are not joking with such things, it would be as if he showed it in all its glory! Although the holding is written out in detail, but he, the bastard, does not hold it in his hands, this has been repeatedly discussed by historians - versions of a million, but what is the truth? I think he handed it over to someone and showed it in this picture - I have it, but not mine … maybe not everyone could take it in their hands … as they say, a hat! I couldn't keep … power! (how interesting everything is …).
Apparently, there is only one real holding power!
So I'll finish with the main question - who's holding it now ???
Let's search together!