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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Main Author: Sandra Sáenz-López Pérez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2014-01-01
Series:Anales de Historia del Arte
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Online Access:http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/42853