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A relic of the crucifixion of Christ (iron nail),...

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With inscription saying: This is an iron nail of the crucifixion of Christ (D.N.I.C., Domini Nostri lesu Christi). Universis et singulis praesentes literas inspecturis fidem facimus atque adtestamentur, hunc Clavum ferreum serica vitta rubri coloris parvo nostro sigillo munita colligatum, admotum fuisse sacro Clavo qui apud Nos Cistercienses adversatur in Sacello interior sacrum Reliquiarum Basilicae Urbanae S. Crucis ab Hierusalem, quique unus ex ullis est, quibus D.N.I.C. Cruci affixus fuit, eumdemque adeo affabre elaboratorum esse, utisimmilus videatur. Published by the father-abbot of the Holy Cross Monastery in Jerusalem, May 3, 1925. Estimate: € 80 - € 120.