Imperial Regalia words. The regalia is composed of two different parts. The greater group are the so-called Nürnberger Kleinodien (roughly translated "Nuremberg jewels"), named after the town of Nuremberg, where the regalia were kept from 1424 to 1796. This part comprised the Imperial Crown, parts of the coronation vestments, the Imperial Orb (a "globus cruciger"), the Imperial Sceptre, the Imperial Sword, the Ceremonial Sword, the Imperial Cross, the Holy Lance, and all other reliquaries except St. Stephen's Purse. St. Stephen's Purse, the Imperial Bible, and the so-called Sabre of Charlemagne were kept in Aachen until 1794, which gave them the name Aachener
Imperial pigeon distributed throughout the Pacific. The Pacific ("D. pacifica") and the Micronesian ("D. oceania") imperial pigeons are similar allospecies, while the Polynesian ("D. aurorae") and Marquesan ("D. galeata") imperial pigeons are larger birds with dark plumage. The red-knobbed imperial pigeon ("D. rubricera") and the spice imperial pigeon ("D. myristicivora") are similar but found in Melanesia and New Guinea. c) The "finschii" subgroup of four species which may be New Guinea representatives of "D. aenea" stock; the purple-tailed ("D. rufigaster"), cinnamon-bellied ("D. basilica") and Finsch's imperial pigeons, which all inhabit offshore islands. The shining or rufescent imperial pigeon ("D. chalconota") occupies more