Description
The Latin cross is 92 by 72 centimetres (36 in × 28 in). The core is made of two 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) thick pieces of oak with circular ends finished in three foils, and joined in the centre by a circular disk. The whole cross is covered with gold leaf and filigree, and richly decorated especially the anverse, covered with coloured enamel, pearls, precious stones and gold thread. The reverse shows an inscription in soldered gold letters, mentioning the donors to the Church of San Salvador, King Alfonso II and Queen Jimena, and the place (Gauzón Castle) and the year it was made:
| “ | Svsceptvm Placide Maneat Hoc In Honore Di Qvod Offervnt Famvli Xpi Adefonsvs Princes Et Scemena Regina Qvisqvis Avferre Hoc Donaria Nostra Presvmserit Fvlmine Divino Intereat Ipse Hoc Opvs Perfectvm Et Concessvm Est Santo Salvatori Ovetense Sedis Hoc Signo Tvetvr Pivs Hos Signo Vincitvr Inimicvs Et Operatvm Es In Castello Gavzon Anno Regni Nsi XLII Discvrrente Era DCCCCXLVI A |
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