Malay, any member of an ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula and portions of adjacent islands of Southeast Asia, including the east coast of Sumatra, the coast of Borneo, and smaller islands that lie between these areas. The Malays speak various dialects belonging to the Austronesian

Malaysia: Sarawak: …indigenous groups, such as the Orang Ulu—an ethnic category embracing the Kenyah, Kayan, Kelabit, Bisaya (Bisayah), Penan, and others—also contribute much to Sarawak’s ethnic and cultural character. The Kenyah, Kayan, and Kelabit generally trace their origins to the southern mountains on the border with

orangutan, (genus Pongo), any of three species of Asian great apes found in rainforests on the Southeast Asian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) inhabits large portions of Borneo, whereas the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii) and the Tapanuli orangutan (P.

Orange, county, southeastern New York state, U.S., located mostly in the Hudson River valley. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the northwest (the Delaware River constituting the boundary), New Jersey to the southwest, and the Hudson River to the east. Among the other waterways are the Wallkill and

Orange, township, Essex county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies just west of Newark. Named Mountain Plantations when it was settled in 1678, it was later renamed to honour William, prince of Orange, who became William III of Great Britain. Orange was a part of Newark until 1806, when it

Orange, city, east-central New South Wales, Australia. It is located near the slopes of Mount Canobolas, an extinct volcano. In 1828 the area was named by Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, the surveyor general of New South Wales, in memory of the prince of Orange (later William II), with whom he

Orange, town, Vaucluse département, Provence–Alpes–Côte d’Azur région, southeastern France. It lies in a fertile plain on the left bank of the Rhône River, north of Avignon. Orange derives its name from Arausio, a Gaulish god. Under the Roman emperor Augustus’s rule it became prosperous. In the 5th

Orange, city, seat (1852) of Orange county, southeastern Texas, U.S. It lies at the Louisiana state line. Orange is a deepwater port on the Sabine River, which has been canalized to connect with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. It is linked to Beaumont and Port Arthur by the tall Rainbow Bridge

Orange, county, eastern Vermont, U.S., bounded to the east by New Hampshire; the Connecticut River constitutes the border. It consists of a piedmont region that includes Butterfield, Knox, and Braintree mountains. The county is drained by the Ompompanoosuc, White, Waits, and Wells rivers; Lakes

orange, any of several species of small trees or shrubs of the genus Citrus of the family Rutaceae and their nearly round fruits, which have leathery and oily rinds and edible, juicy inner flesh. A number of species and varieties of orange are economically important, namely the China orange, also

Orange, town (township), New Haven county, southwestern Connecticut, U.S., west of New Haven on the Housatonic River. Originally a part of Milford colony (on land bought from the Paugusset Indians and settled in 1639), it was known as North Milford. In 1822 the latter joined with part of New Haven

orange, in physics, light in the wavelength range of 585–620 nanometres in the visible spectrum. After the wavelengths of red, those of orange are the longest discernible to the human eye. In art, orange is a colour on the conventional colour wheel, located between red and yellow and opposite blue,

Orange, city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. Adjacent to Anaheim (west) and Santa Ana (south), it lies along the Santa Ana River. Part of Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, the city was founded as Richland in 1869 by Alfred Chapman and Andrew Glassell, who received the land as payment for

Africa: Orange basin: The Orange River is the longest in South Africa. Flowing across almost the entire width of the country, it makes its way from the highlands in the east through the Kalahari depression in the west to empty into the South Atlantic Ocean. Its…

Orange Bowl, American college postseason football game played on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day in Miami. It is one of six bowls that take turns hosting the quarterfinals and semifinals of the College Football Playoff that determines the national champion of Division I college football (the

Orange Bowl: The Orange Bowl Festival features, in addition to the football game, a parade, a tennis tournament, a basketball tournament, a fireworks display, and a sailboat regatta.

Women’s Prize for Fiction, English literary prize for women that was conceptualized in 1992 and instituted in 1996 by a group of publishing industry professionals—including agents, booksellers, critics, journalists, and librarians—who were frustrated by what they perceived as chauvinism in the

perciform: Interspecific relationships: …the clown anemone fish (Amphiprion percula), which is found among the tentacles of sea anemones. The mucous substances secreted by the anemone fish protect it from the stinging cells of the sea anemone. Some anemone fishes seek out only one type of sea anemone; others do not show any…

perciform: Interspecific relationships: …the clown anemone fish (Amphiprion percula), which is found among the tentacles of sea anemones. The mucous substances secreted by the anemone fish protect it from the stinging cells of the sea anemone. Some anemone fishes seek out only one type of sea anemone; others do not show any…

Catherine O’Hara: Schitt’s Creek and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: …Before This (1999), the comedy Orange County (2002), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), the fantasy Penelope (2006), Away We Go (2009), and the TV movie Temple Grandin (2010). She appeared in several TV comedies and had a recurring role (2003 and 2005) on Six Feet Under. Her voice work…

South Orange Village, township (town), Essex county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., immediately west of Newark. Following the American Civil War, many residents of New York City were attracted by the natural beauty of the open, rolling country and moved into the area. It was originally the Orange

Kenya: Kenya under Kibaki: …coalition of political parties, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), which included KANU. In 2007 dissension caused a rift within ODM, resulting in the formation of an additional coalition group, the Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya (ODM-K).

Kenya: Kenya under Kibaki: …an additional coalition group, the Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya (ODM-K).

Iván Duque: The Orange Economy: An Infinite Opportunity (2013), written with Felipe Buitrago Restrepo, is a manual for a creative economy that advises readers to “squeeze all the juice” from it. Among Duque’s other books are Maquiavelo en Colombia (2007; “Machiavelli in Colombia)” and El futuro está…

Orange Free State, historical Boer state in Southern Africa that became a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910. One of the four traditional provinces of South Africa, it was bordered by the Transvaal to the north, Natal and the independent state of Lesotho to the east, and Cape Province to

Orange Is the New Black, critically acclaimed American television comedy-drama series that was originally broadcast on the Netflix streaming service from 2013 to 2019. The series, created by the American television producer and writer Jenji Kohan, is based on Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a

Rutaceae: Orange jessamine (Murraya paniculata) is native to Southeast Asia and is widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental. Perhaps the most unusual is the gas plant (Dictamnus albus), a poisonous perennial herb that has attractive white or pink flowers. The leaves can be squeezed…

orange: History and use: The spread of orange-juice drinking, in contrast with eating of the fresh fruit, significantly increased the per capita consumption of oranges. Also important was the growing appreciation of the dietary value of citrus fruits; oranges are rich in vitamin C and also provide some vitamin A. The most…

butterfly weed, (Asclepias tuberosa), North American plant of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), a stout rough-haired perennial with long roots. The erect, somewhat branching stem grows up to 1 metre (3 feet) tall and has linear, alternately arranged leaves. In midsummer it bears numerous clusters

Orange Order, an Irish Protestant and political society, named for the Protestant William of Orange, who, as King William III of Great Britain, had defeated the Roman Catholic king James II. The society was formed in 1795 to maintain the Protestant ascendancy in Ireland in the face of rising

tea olive: Orange osmanthus (O. aurantiaca), 2.5 metres in height, has fragrant orange flowers. Holly osmanthus, or false holly (O. heterophyllus), distinguished by its holly-like leaves, bears white flowers, on 5-metre trees. Osmanthus delavayi reaches 2 metres and has small, oval leaves and white flowers. The main…

Yulia Tymoshenko: …November 2001 she founded the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYT; originally the National Rescue Forum) in opposition to Pres. Leonid Kuchma. Although Tymoshenko had previously been considered a strong candidate for the presidency, she formed an alliance with Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine party and supported his bid for president in 2004. During…

undersea exploration: Exploration of the seafloor and the Earth’s crust: Other grabbing devices include the orange peel bucket sampler, which is used for collecting bottom materials in shallow waters. A small hook attached to the end of the lowering wire supports the sampler as it is lowered and also holds the jaws open. When contact is made with the bottom,…

Women’s Prize for Fiction, English literary prize for women that was conceptualized in 1992 and instituted in 1996 by a group of publishing industry professionals—including agents, booksellers, critics, journalists, and librarians—who were frustrated by what they perceived as chauvinism in the

Jayawijaya Mountains, eastern section of the Maoke Mountains, part of the central highlands of the island of New Guinea. Located in the Indonesian province of Papua, the range extends for 230 miles (370 km) east of the Sudirman Range to the Star Mountains and the border with Papua New Guinea. The

Ukraine: The Orange Revolution and the Yushchenko presidency: The presidential election of 2004 brought Ukraine to the brink of disintegration and civil war. Cleared to seek a third term as president by the Constitutional Court, Kuchma instead endorsed the candidacy of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who was…

Orange River, river in southern Africa, one of the longest rivers on the continent and one of the longest south of the Tropic of Capricorn. After rising in the Lesotho Highlands, less than 125 miles (200 kilometres) from the Indian Ocean, the river flows to the Atlantic Ocean in a generally

Orange River: Irrigation: …comprehensive control of the river, the Orange River Project was located farther upstream, between the Caledon and Vaal confluences. The plan consists of a number of dam and canal projects; work began in 1962. The completed projects include the Gariep Dam (1972), which has formed the Gariep Reservoir; the Van…

Orange SA (formerly France Télécom) is a Paris-based telecommunications company that held a monopoly in France’s telephony market until 1998. The company provides fixed-line and wireless voice and data services, cable television, and telecommunications services for businesses. Orange also provides

Orange Order, an Irish Protestant and political society, named for the Protestant William of Orange, who, as King William III of Great Britain, had defeated the Roman Catholic king James II. The society was formed in 1795 to maintain the Protestant ascendancy in Ireland in the face of rising

sulfur butterfly: For example, the alfalfa butterfly (Colias eurytheme) is usually orange with black wing margins, but some females are white with black margins. The larvae feed on clover and may seriously damage crops, including alfalfa and soybeans.

Fabergé egg: The Orange Tree (1911; also called Bay Tree), one of the larger pieces, had an egg that was more than 10 inches (25 cm) tall. Nephrite and various gems were used to create the leaves, flowers, and berries of the tree, while the trunk stood in…

Orange Walk, town, northwestern Belize, situated on the left (west) bank of the New River. Established in early colonial times, it was pillaged by rebellious Maya in 1872. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it conducted a thriving trade in mahogany. The town declined after demand for

councils of Orange, two church synods held in Orange, France, in 441 and 529. The first, under the presidency of St. Hilary of Arles, dealt mainly with disciplinary matters. The second, and by far the more important, was concerned with refuting the Semi-Pelagianism of Faustus of Riez. It was

chanson de geste: …of 24 poems dealing with Guillaume d’Orange, a loyal and long-suffering supporter of Charlemagne’s weak son, Louis the Pious. Another cycle deals with the wars of such powerful barons as Doon de Mayence, Girart de Roussillon, Ogier the Dane, or Raoul de Cambrai against the crown or against each other.

House of Orange, princely dynasty that derived its name from the medieval principality of Orange, in old Provence in southern France. The dynasty was important in the history of the Netherlands and is that nation’s royal family. The counts of Orange became independent upon the disintegration of the

Maurice was the hereditary stadtholder (1585–1625) of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, or Dutch Republic, and the successor to his father, William I the Silent. His development of military strategy, tactics, and engineering made the Dutch army the most modern in the Europe of his time.

conure: Among them is the half-moon conure, A. canicularis, called Petz’s conure, or “dwarf parrot”; from Central America, it is 24 cm (about 10 inches) long and mostly green, with orange forehead, dull-blue crown, and blue in the wings. The large (to 50 cm [20 inches]) Patagonian conure, or burrowing…

olive shell: …region is the 8-centimetre (3-inch) orange-mouthed olive (O. sericea).

orange-tip butterfly, (genus Anthocharis), any of a group of butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae (family Pieridae, order Lepidoptera) that have a wingspan of 37 to 63 mm (1.5 to 2.5 inches). The orange-tips, so called because most species have an orange spot on the top of the forewings, have

Orangeburg, county, central South Carolina, U.S. The South Fork Edisto and Edisto rivers form the southwestern boundary, and the North Fork Edisto River flows through the southwestern part of the county. Lake Marion lies along the irregular northeastern end, with Santee State Park on the lakefront.

Orangeburg, city, seat of Orangeburg county, central South Carolina, U.S. It is situated on the North Fork Edisto River. In 1735 Germans, Swiss, and Dutch established a settlement, naming it for William IV, prince of Orange. The Donald Bruce House (c. 1735), on nearby Middlepen Plantation, served

South Carolina: South Carolina since c. 1950: …tragic events, such as the Orangeburg Massacre (1968), in which three African American students died in a confrontation with state police on the South Carolina State College campus after attempting to integrate a bowling alley. Moderate governors, such as Ernest F. (“Fritz”) Hollings (1959–63), Donald S. Russell (1963–65), Robert E.…

Orange Order, an Irish Protestant and political society, named for the Protestant William of Orange, who, as King William III of Great Britain, had defeated the Roman Catholic king James II. The society was formed in 1795 to maintain the Protestant ascendancy in Ireland in the face of rising

Paris: The Triumphal Way: …a hothouse, known as the Orangerie, and the Jeu de Paume, an indoor court for tennis. Both eventually were adapted as museums: the Orangerie had a small permanent collection, including a group of 19 of Claude Monet’s paintings of water lilies displayed as panoramas; and the Jeu de Paume housed…

goldenseal, (species Hydrastis canadensis), perennial herb native to woods of the eastern United States. Its rootstocks have medicinal properties. The plant has a single greenish white flower, the sepals of which fall as they open, followed by a cluster of small red berries. Goldenseal is sometimes

orangery, garden building designed for the wintering of exotic shrubs and trees, primarily orange trees. The earliest orangeries were practical buildings that could be completely covered by planks and sacking and heated in the cold season by stoves; such buildings existed in Great Britain and

tug-of-war: …the British singing game “Oranges and Lemons,” which concerns the bells of the churches of London. Two children form an arch with their arms: one child is “oranges” and one is “lemons.” All the children file under the arch while singing:

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, first published work by British writer Jeanette Winterson, published in 1985. This short semi-autobiographical novel is an unconventional coming-of-age story, and it won the Whitbread Award for best first novel. The life of the main character (whose name is also

Hugh Laurie: …Flight of the Phoenix (2004), The Oranges (2011), and Tomorrowland (2015). Laurie later assumed the role of Mycroft Holmes, brother to Sherlock, in Holmes & Watson (2018), a comedic take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle mysteries. He then was cast as Mr. Dick in The Personal History of David…

War of the Oranges, (1801), brief conflict in which France and Spain fought against Portugal. The war was brought about by Portugal’s refusal in 1800 to accept Napoleon’s demands to become a political and economic extension of France and to cede to France the major part of its national territory.

Max Apple: …and fictional creations, as in The Oranging of America (1976), with its stories about materialism that feature such historical figures as cereal manufacturer C.W. Post, restaurant and motor-lodge entrepreneur Howard Johnson, and novelist Norman Mailer. In Zip: A Novel of the Left and the Right (1978), a Jewish man from…

orangutan, (genus Pongo), any of three species of Asian great apes found in rainforests on the Southeast Asian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) inhabits large portions of Borneo, whereas the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii) and the Tapanuli orangutan (P.

Ibero-Maurusian industry, North African stone-tool industry dating from the late Würm (last) Glacial Period, about 16,000 years ago. The former presumption that the industry extended into Spain explains the prefix “Ibero-” in the name. The industry does bear a close resemblance to the late

Lomonosov, town, Leningrad oblast (region), northwestern European Russia, on the Gulf of Finland. Lomonosov was founded in 1710 by Prince Menshikov and was a summer retreat of the Russian royal family. The palace of Peter I (the Great) (1714) and the Chinese Palace, designed by the Italian

Pieter Geyl: Oranje en Stuart, 1641–1672 (1939), considered his best monograph, recounted, analyzed, and evaluated the conflict between Orange and national interests.

Maurice was the hereditary stadtholder (1585–1625) of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, or Dutch Republic, and the successor to his father, William I the Silent. His development of military strategy, tactics, and engineering made the Dutch army the most modern in the Europe of his time.

Orange Free State, historical Boer state in Southern Africa that became a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910. One of the four traditional provinces of South Africa, it was bordered by the Transvaal to the north, Natal and the independent state of Lesotho to the east, and Cape Province to

Oranjemund, planned company town in one of the principal gem-diamond-producing areas of the world, extreme southwestern Namibia. It is located near the Atlantic coast about 5 miles (8 km) north of the mouth of the Orange River, in the sand dunes of the extremely arid Namib desert. Gem-quality

Oranjestad, seaport and chief administrative center of the Caribbean island of Aruba, West Indies. It is located on the island’s western coast. Oranjestad is a free port and a key center for petroleum processing and shipping. The harbor, which features two basins, is equipped with modern

Sint Eustatius: …the population is concentrated in Oranjestad. Sint Eustatius is a poor island, and many of its young people leave to find jobs elsewhere. Although rainfall is meagre, every home has its own cistern to catch runoff, and there is some cultivation of onions, yams, and sweet potatoes. Lobsters are caught…

orant, in Christian art, a figure in a posture of prayer, usually standing upright with raised arms. The motif of the orant, which seems to reflect the standard attitude of prayer adopted by the first Christians, is particularly important in Early Christian art (c. 2nd–6th century) and especially

Oraon, aboriginal people of the Choṭa Nāgpur region in the state of Bihār, India. They call themselves Kurukh and speak a Dravidian language akin to Gondi and other tribal languages of central India. They once lived farther to the southwest on the Rohtās Plateau, but they were dislodged by other

Kurukh language, member of the North Dravidian subfamily of Dravidian languages. In the early 21st century, Kurukh was spoken by some 1.75 million people, predominantly in the Oraon tribes of the Chota Nagpur plateau of east-central India. Kurukh is also spoken in parts of Bangladesh. Lacking a

Orapa, mining town, east-central Botswana. It is located about 240 miles (385 km) north of Gaborone, the national capital. Situated on the eastern edge of the Kalahari (desert), the town was built to accommodate mine workers after the discovery in 1967 of a large diamond field, or pipe (a roughly

AIDS: Tests and screening: One such test—the OraQuick at-home test, a mouth-swab antibody-detection system that produces results within about 20 to 40 minutes—was approved for in-home use in the United States in 2012. The test was made available for over-the-counter purchase and was more than 99 percent accurate in the detection of…

stole: Originally called orarium or orarion, it was probably intended for wiping the mouth. In the 4th century the orarion was worn as a vestment by deacons in the Eastern churches and eventually the equivalent epitrachelion was worn by priests. The scarflike vestment was adopted somewhat later in…

stole: Originally called orarium or orarion, it was probably intended for wiping the mouth. In the 4th century the orarion was worn as a vestment by deacons in the Eastern churches and eventually the equivalent epitrachelion was worn by priests. The scarflike vestment was adopted somewhat later in…

Louis Fréron: …he founded the newspaper L’Orateur du Peuple (“The Spokesman of the People”), which violently attacked the new system of constitutional monarchy.

Conradus Celtis: …inaugural lecture at Ingolstadt (Oratio, 1492). In this lecture, Celtis adopted a nationalistic, anti-Italian tone and commended the study of poetry, eloquence, and philosophy as a foundation for personal and political virtue. Celtis’ masques with music, Ludus Dianae (1501) and Rhapsodia (1505), were early forerunners of Baroque opera. His…

Italian literature: The age of humanism: …de hominis dignitate (written 1486; Oration on the Dignity of Man). The humanist vision evolved during this period condemned many religious opinions of the Middle Ages still widely prevalent: monastic ideals of isolation and noninvolvement in the affairs of the world, for example, were attacked by Leonardo Bruni, Lorenzo Valla,…

Lord’s Prayer, Christian prayer that, according to tradition, was taught by Jesus to his disciples. It appears in two forms in the New Testament: the shorter version in the Gospel According to Luke (11:2–4) and the longer version, part of the Sermon on the Mount, in the Gospel According to Matthew

Eumenius: …who was the author of Oratio pro instaurandis scholis (“Oration on the Restoration of the Schools”), an interesting document on the education of his time as well as a vigorous panegyric of Emperor Constantius I. Eumenius had enjoyed a long and successful career at the court of Constantius and had…

oratory, the rationale and practice of persuasive public speaking. It is immediate in its audience relationships and reactions, but it may also have broad historical repercussions. The orator may become the voice of political or social history. A vivid instance of the way a speech can focus the

Italian literature: The age of humanism: …de hominis dignitate (written 1486; Oration on the Dignity of Man). The humanist vision evolved during this period condemned many religious opinions of the Middle Ages still widely prevalent: monastic ideals of isolation and noninvolvement in the affairs of the world, for example, were attacked by Leonardo Bruni, Lorenzo Valla,…

oratory, the rationale and practice of persuasive public speaking. It is immediate in its audience relationships and reactions, but it may also have broad historical repercussions. The orator may become the voice of political or social history. A vivid instance of the way a speech can focus the

Anthony Of Tagrit was a Syrian Orthodox theologian and writer, a principal contributor to the development of Syriac literature and poetry. Originally from Tagrit, near Latakia, Syria, Anthony belonged to the part of the Eastern Syriac Church called the Jacobites, which had separated from the

Oratorian, member of either of two separate but similar Roman Catholic congregations of secular priests, one centered in Rome and the other in France. The Institute of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri was founded by him in Rome in 1575, approved in 1612, and confederated and reapproved in 1942. It

oratorio, a large-scale musical composition on a sacred or semisacred subject, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. An oratorio’s text is usually based on scripture, and the narration necessary to move from scene to scene is supplied by recitatives sung by various voices to prepare the way for

choir: An oratorio choir, on the other hand, is part of a different tradition, which stems from the augmented church choirs used to provide choral portions of a given oratorio, whether performed in or out of church. Oratorio choirs thus formed an outlet for amateur singers.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: …about half of his book, Oratorum sententiae divisiones colores (“Sentences, Divisions, and Colors of the Orators and Rhetoricians”) survives; a 4th-century epitome preserves some of the rest, including two more prefaces, giving lively sketches of the persons whom he quotes. He was the father of the philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca,…

oratory, in architecture, a small, private chapel

oratory, the rationale and practice of persuasive public speaking. It is immediate in its audience relationships and reactions, but it may also have broad historical repercussions. The orator may become the voice of political or social history. A vivid instance of the way a speech can focus the

Oratorian: Pierre de Bérulle: The Congregation of the Oratory of Jesus and Mary Immaculate—popularly called the French Oratory or the Bérullians as well as the Oratorians—derives and takes some of its rules from the organization of St. Philip, but it is a distinct institution, founded by Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle…

Oratorian: St. Philip Neri: The Institute of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri was founded by him in Rome in 1575, approved in 1612, and confederated and reapproved in 1942. It consists of independent communities of secular priests held under obedience but not bound by vows, and it is dedicated to prayer, preaching,…

Oratorian, member of either of two separate but similar Roman Catholic congregations of secular priests, one centered in Rome and the other in France. The Institute of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri was founded by him in Rome in 1575, approved in 1612, and confederated and reapproved in 1942. It

Oraibi, Hopi pueblo (village), Navajo county, northeastern Arizona, U.S. The pueblo is situated on the narrow, rocky Third Mesa of the Hopi Indian Reservation. It is the unofficial capital of the reservation and is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United States (from

Pietro Aretino: Aretino also wrote a tragedy, Orazia (published 1546; “The Horatii”), which has been judged by some the best Italian tragedy written in the 16th century.

Giovanni Della Casa: …some political works, such as Orazioni politiche (1707; “Political Discourses”), in which he expressed his sorrow for the calamities of Italy.

orb, emblem of royal power, usually made of precious metal and jewels and consisting of a sphere surmounted by a cross. The ball as a symbol of the cosmos, or of the universe as a harmonious whole, is derived from the ancient Romans, who associated it with Jupiter and, hence, with the emperor as