In this recension the coronation of the queen consort first occurs. She
is anointed on the head with the form _In nomine Patris ... prosit tibi
haec unctio olei in honorem_, etc., and the prayer _Omn. semp. Deus
affluentem spiritum_[73]. Both these forms here first occur. The Ring
is then given with the form _Accipe anulum fidei signaculum sanctae
Trinitatis_, and the prayer _Deus cuius est omnis potestas_ (which is
not the same prayer as that found elsewhere with the same beginning in
the coronation of a king), both of which appear now for the first time.
Lastly the queen is crowned with the form _Accipe coronam gloriae_,
and the prayer _Omnium Domine fons bonorum_; the second of which is
a shortened form of the corresponding prayer in the order for the
coronation of the king, while the former is a slightly different edition
of the form in Hittorp’s Ordo Romanus. It may be noted that the forms for
the coronation of a queen given in the order of Ratold, and forming the
second recension of the French rite, are almost identical with those of
the English recension.
The developement of the rite in this second recension is most marked, and
it is interesting to note that the same influences have been at work on
the French rite of this period, which is very close to the second English
recension.
III
In the twelfth century a third recension of the English rite[74] appears,
in which the rite has been subjected to a very considerable Roman
influence. The Ordo Romanus of Hittorp or some kindred order has been
followed to a large extent in preference to the old national order.
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