Commentary on the Splendor of the Arch-Offices in the Coronations of Charles VII, Maria Amalia, and Francis

of the church of St. Bartholomew was named for the coronation. Then, in the morning hours, the Elector of Mainz, Philippus Carolus 5, the Elector of Cologne, Clemens Augustus 6—the brother of the King of the Romans, to whom the Mainz Elector had granted the duty of consecration on this occasion 7—and Antonius Ditericus Carolus, Count of Ingelheim, the first legate of the Elector of Trier, entered the temple with their bishops and prelates, awaiting Charles, who was to be crowned. Previously, the deputies of the cities of Aachen and Nuremberg had arrived, bringing with them the imperial insignia, which they are accustomed to guard according to ancient rite. They, having received letters from the electoral college, handed over the insignia to the assisting bishops—noting that these solemnities, which were being celebrated in Frankfurt but should have been conducted in Aachen according to the Golden Bull, ought not to prejudice their rights—who then placed the book of the Gospels and the relics of St. Stephen in a golden box upon the altar of consecration, and placed the sword of Charlemagne on the adjacent altar. The Nuremberg deputies performed a dual task, since they also brought their own treasures in the imperial carriage—

5. Philippus Carolus, Count of Eltz, born October 26, 1665. He was elected Elector of Mainz on June 9, 1732; he died March 21, 1743.
6. Clemens Augustus, son of Maximilian Maria Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, and Theresa Cunigunda Sobieska, born August 17, 1700. He was created Bishop of Münster on March 26, 1719; of Paderborn on March 27 of the same year; Elector of Cologne on November 12, 1723, after the death of his uncle Joseph Clemens; Bishop of Hildesheim on February 8, 1724; of Osnabrück on November 4, 1728; and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order on July 17, 1732. He died February 6, 1761, in the Saxon [residence] of Eribert, commonly called Ehrenbreitstein, where he had stopped on his journey to his family in Munich.
7. Conf. Chur-Cöllnische Reuersalien Electoral Cologne Reversals to Chur-Maynz Electoral Mainz concerning the Imperial Coronation. Frankfurt, February 10, 1742. Electoral collegial reversal concerning the transfer of the local Imperial Coronation by Electoral Mainz to Electoral Cologne, and the Electoral Cologne reversal made thereupon, Frankfurt, February 11, 1742. Imperial ratification and assurance to Electoral Mainz regarding the Imperial Coronation to be performed at that time by Electoral Cologne. Frankfurt, February 11, 1742. These documents occupy the first place among the additions to the DIARY of the coronation of Emperor Charles VII.