the altar of St Maurice, on which the crowns have been deposited, and delivers a ring to the Emperor with the form _Accipe anulum signaculum videlicet sanctae fidei_, etc., followed by a short prayer, _Deus cuius est omnis potestas_, a much shortened form of the prayer already used at the anointing; next the sword is girt on with the form _Accipe hunc gladium cum dei benedictione tibi collatum_, and the prayer _Deus qui providentia_; and he crowns the Emperor with the form _Accipe signum gloriae_, etc. The Empress is then crowned with the form _Accipe coronam regalis excellentiae_, etc. The Pope delivers the sceptre to the Emperor with the form _Accipe sceptrum regiae potestatis, virgam scilicet rectam regni, virgam virtutis_, etc., followed by the prayer _Omnium Domine fons bonorum_. Then at the altar of St Peter the _Gloria in excelsis_ is sung, and the special collect _Deus regnorum omnium_ follows. The _Laudes_ are now sung and then the Mass proceeds, the Emperor offering bread, candles, and gold; and the Emperor offering wine, the Empress the water for the chalice. Both communicate, and on leaving St Peter’s the Emperor swears, at three different places, to maintain the rights and privileges of the Roman people. The most noticeable thing in this recension is the appearance of the investiture with the ring, which comes from non-Roman sources and disappears again in the next recension. V In the fourteenth century further developements appear. The order used at the coronation of Henry VII[58], and the Ordo Romanus XIV of Mabillon[59], may be taken as representative of this period.