The Holy Lance - Museum Replica

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The Holy Lance - museum replica

First-class, high-quality museum replica of the Holy Lance , found today in the Vienna Treasury . It is an ingeniously pierced wing-shaped spearhead, elaborately wrapped in sections with silver wire and beveled with brass sheet. On the brass plate is the Latin inscription: lancea et clavus domini, which translates as the spear and nail of the Lord .
The Holy Lance (also Lance Longinus, Lance of Maurice, or Lance of Destiny) is the oldest piece of imperial insignia of the kings and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. It supposedly contains a piece of a nail from the Cross of Christ (Holy Nail). According to legend, the lance belonged to Maurice, leader of the Theban Legion, or, according to other sources, to the Roman centurion Longinus, who used it to verify the death of Jesus, and is therefore said to have been soaked in his holy blood.

At times, it was the most important garment; later, the imperial crown took its place. The point of the lance was kept in a cavity within the crossbar of the imperial cross. A ruler who possessed this lance was considered invincible. It was the visible sign that his power came from God and that he was the Vicar of Christ. Source: Wikipedia.org

Details:
- Museum replica based on the original from the Vienna Treasure
- Material: steel, wrapped with silver wire and decorated with brass plate
- Wrapped in velvet fabric
- Total length: approx. 47 cm
- Weight: approx. 950 g
- Axle not included.