Show the nall nails from front jeu jesus hand hands the iron crown which worked up tha the minds of 0 the people of 0 the middle ages to such on an extent as finally to become an object of worship is in fact a gold crown the tile see secret r e t magic ot of the name resting on t the bo tradition that the inside ring ot of iron waa was made from the nails which were driven through the hands bands of jesus at the time of the crucifixion but little is known concerning the history of the iron crown until after the coronation of Agi lulf king of the lombards bombards Lom bards it is generally believed that it was mal for that monarch in the year it was used by charlemagne and by all the after emperors of france who were kings lings of go lombards bombards Lom bards napoleon put it on his head bead when he was in milan in 1806 saying god hath bath given it to me this celebrated relic la Is now I 1 in it naples among the state jewels etwas it was captured and taken by the austrians Aust rians to vienna in fit 1859 but was returned to italy in 1800 believers in the sacred hoop of iron inside the crown point to the fact that there it ti not a speck of rust upon it although althou gli nearly 2 2000 1000 years old philadelphia press |