According to early modern scholars such as Bartolomeo Zucchi and Ludovico Antonio Muratori, the small size is due to a readjustment after the loss of two segments.Īccording to tradition, St. Its small size and hinged construction have suggested to some that it was originally a large armlet or, most probably, a votive crown. It is set with 22 gemstones that stand out in relief, in the form of crosses and flowers. The outer circlet of the crown is made of six segments of beaten gold, partly enameled, joined together by hinges. The Iron Crown is so called because it contains a one-centimetre-wide band within it, that is said to have been beaten out of a nail used at the crucifixion of Jesus. In the later Middle Ages, the crown came to be seen as a heritage from the Kingdom of the Lombards and was used as regalia for the coronation of some Holy Roman Emperors as kings of Italy. It was made in the Middle Ages, consisting of a circlet of gold and jewels fitted around a central silver band, which tradition held to be made of iron beaten out of a nail of the True Cross. The Iron Crown ( Lombard: Corona Ferrea de Lombardia Italian: Corona Ferrea Latin: Corona Ferrea German: Eiserne Krone) is a reliquary votive crown and is seen by the posterior tradition as one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. Nail purportedly used at the Crucifixion of Jesus The Iron Crown, kept in the Cathedral of Monza
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |