- A
sceptre (or
scepter in
American English) is a
staff or wand held in the hand by a
ruling monarch as an item of
royal or
imperial insignia, signifying...
- (tr.
Kieschnick 2003:151)
During the Qing
dynasty (1644–1912 AD), ruyi
scepters became luxuriant symbols of
political power that were
regularly used in...
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Enchanted Scepters is a point-and-click
adventure game
released in 1984 for Macintosh. The
player must find the four fire, earth, air and
water scepters hidden...
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sekhem scepters: one for Set and
another for Horus. Elsewhere,
Horus and Seth
appear as "the Two Sekhems" (sḫmwy). A late
variant of this type of
scepter hieroglyph...
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Manikin scepters are
objects that were held by Maya
rulers to
signify their power and authority. The term
scepter is deceiving,
because the
object is...
- The Leo
Scepter is a
Byzantine ivory work of art,
usually and
erroneously identified as a
scepter tip.
Generally accepted to be from the 9th century,...
- The
Scepter of the
Ancients is the
second album by Psycroptic. It was
released in 2003 by
Unique Leader.
Matthew Chalk –
Vocals Joe
Haley –
Guitar Cameron...
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sometimes considered its
oldest part, and
dating from the 7th century, the
scepter of
Dagobert was
stored in the
treasure of the
Basilica of Saint-Denis (also...
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encircled the
royal brow on all occasions. The
scepters were
other symbols of domination. The
scepter-heqa and the flagellum-nekhekh, with
their pastoral...
- of
church and
state -
surmounted by a crown; the
eagle holds a
golden scepter in its
right claw and a blue orb in its left; the
breast shield over the...
