Nails of the CrossThe nails with which our Lord was fastened to the cross were, in the Middle Ages, objects of great reverence. Sir John Maundeville says, “He had two in his hondes, and two in his feet; and of on of theise the emperour of Canstantynoble made a brydille to his hors, to bere him in bataylle; and throughe vertue thereof he overcam his enemyes” (c. vii.). Fifteen are shown as relics (See Iron Crown.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Nails of the Cross from Infoplease:
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