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spans long, and of mighty weight,
which had belonged to King Ilwardus ”
[Edward III. ; it is there still].
THE ANOINTING OF THE KING
The anointing was originally on the
head only. At the Coronation of
Richard I. unctions on the shoulders
and right arm are added, and the con-
temporary explanation is that the three-
fold anointing signified glory, knowledge,
and strength. In the Liber Regalis
it is directed that the King shall be
anointed on the hands, breast, back,
shoulders, and elbows, and lastly on the
head: so customs grow. The newly
anointed King was provided with a linen
coif and gloves to protect the sacred oil.
The unction on the head was with a
special “cream.” The younger King
Henry crowned in the lifetime of Henry
I. was buried in the linen coif which had
protected the “ cream ” of his anointing.
This seems to have been a general custom
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spans long, and of mighty weight,
which had belonged to King Ilwardus ”
[Edward III. ; it is there still].
THE ANOINTING OF THE KING
The anointing was originally on the
head only. At the Coronation of
Richard I. unctions on the shoulders
and right arm are added, and the con-
temporary explanation is that the three-
fold anointing signified glory, knowledge,
and strength. In the Liber Regalis
it is directed that the King shall be
anointed on the hands, breast, back,
shoulders, and elbows, and lastly on the
head: so customs grow. The newly
anointed King was provided with a linen
coif and gloves to protect the sacred oil.
The unction on the head was with a
special “cream.” The younger King
Henry crowned in the lifetime of Henry
I. was buried in the linen coif which had
protected the “ cream ” of his anointing.
This seems to have been a general custom
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