The Emperor proceeds to the church of St Sophia and enters the Horologion, and the veil being raised, passes into the Metatorion, where he vests himself with the Dibetesion and the Tzitzakion (a mantle, probably flowered), and over them the Sagion (a light cloak). Entering the church with the Patriarch he lights tapers at the silver gates between the narthex and the nave, and passes down the nave until he comes to the platform before the sanctuary, which is called the Soleas. Here before the Holy Doors leading through the Eikonostasis he prays and lights more candles. The Emperor and the Patriarch then go up into the Ambo, where the Chlamys or imperial robe, and the Stemma or crown, have already been set out on a table. The Patriarch then says the ‘Prayer over the Chlamys,’ and the chamberlains put it on the Emperor. The Patriarch next says the ‘Prayer over the Crown,’ and at the end of it takes the crown and sets it on the Emperor’s head, and the people cry _Holy, holy, holy, Glory be to God on high and on earth peace_, three times; and then acclaim him, _Many be the years of N., the great Emperor and Augustus_. If it is the son of a reigning Emperor who is being crowned as an associate Emperor, the Patriarch gives the crown into the hands of the Emperor, who himself sets it on his son’s head, the people crying, _He is worthy_, and the standards are dipped in obeisance. After the Coronation the ‘Laudes’ follow. CANTORS. _Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace._ The people likewise thrice. CANT. _Goodwill among Christian men._ The people likewise thrice. CANT. _God has had mercy on his people._ The people likewise thrice. CANT. _This is the great day of the Lord._ The people likewise thrice. CANT. _This is the day of the life of the Romans._ The people likewise thrice. CANT. _This is the joy and glory of the world._ The people likewise. CANT. _On which the crown of the kingdom...._ The people likewise. CANT. _... has worthily been set upon thy head._ The people likewise thrice. CANT. _Glory be to God the Lord of all._ The people likewise. CANT. _Glory be to God who hath crowned thy head._ The people likewise. CANT. _Glory be to God who declared thee_ (τῷ ἀναδείξαντί σε) _Emperor._ The people likewise. CANT. _Glory be to God who hath thus glorified thee._ The people likewise. CANT. _Glory be to God who hath thus approved thee._ The people likewise. CANT. _And He who hath crowned thee, N., with his own hand...._ The people likewise. CANT. _... will preserve thee long time in the purple._ The people likewise. CANT. _With the consort Augustae and the Princes born in the purple._ The people the same. CANT. _Unto the glory and uplifting of the Romans._ The people the same. CANT. _May God hear your people._ The people likewise. CANT. _Many, many, many._ ℟. _Many years, for many years._ CANT. _Long life to you, N N., Emperors of the Romans._ ℟. _Long life to you._ CANT. _Long life to you, servants of the Lord._