On this topic, also, rumour and anxiety abounded, although there were never any formal, public proposals for such a coronation.
Protectorate officials, mindful of the need for strong authority and the proximity of the coronation, refused to extend their deadline.
Generally the illustrations are of a symbolic nature and fall into a limbo between the textual prescription and the ceremony of coronation as performed.
Even royal anointment by coronation, it seemed, was powerful according to the gender of the recipient.
Among the grandest and most solemn ceremonies celebrated in the abbey were coronations.
In her coronation at least, she was indeed as much a monarch as her male forbears, but for that she again wore her hair loose.
At coronations, platforms were erected for the singers beside the ambo.
The coronation ceremony was by its nature and intent adaptive to circumstances.
