The Iron Crown of Lombardy
Sep. 7th, 2011 12:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunnWhy did nobody tell me previously about this amazing object I've just stumbled upon*? Someone tell me it actually exists and is not just in Wikipedia? Even its name is wondrous!
A crown from 700-780? Old enough for Charlemagne to have worn (if he did, which I'm very dubious about)? Decorated with a hammered-out Nail of the True Cross which is mysteriously non-magnetic? Used to be an arm-ring? And what does Wikipedia mean, two sections were lost? Lost HOW?
Anyone know any good sources to find out more???
*YES I was working. Though I'm buggered if I can remember what exactly at, it must have been a truly impressive clicktrail of distractions.
A crown from 700-780? Old enough for Charlemagne to have worn (if he did, which I'm very dubious about)? Decorated with a hammered-out Nail of the True Cross which is mysteriously non-magnetic? Used to be an arm-ring? And what does Wikipedia mean, two sections were lost? Lost HOW?
Anyone know any good sources to find out more???
*YES I was working. Though I'm buggered if I can remember what exactly at, it must have been a truly impressive clicktrail of distractions.
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Date: 2011-09-07 01:10 pm (UTC)I can't pin down clearly how big this thing is, but I have a nice imagine of big important emperors being solemnly crowned with a TEENY TINY crown.
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Date: 2011-09-07 01:15 pm (UTC)