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

anointing the sign of the cross and sacred words:

I anoint you as King with the sanctified oil in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

The royal choir began the antiphon:

Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon as King in Zion, and walking joyfully, they said: May the King live forever!

Furthermore, the King's palm was anointed, the consecrator using pious words:

May these hands be anointed with sanctified oil, as Kings and prophets were anointed, and as Samuel anointed David as King, etc.

Appropriately among these rites, the memory of the Old Testament is renewed from the sacred code, as this august anointing continues from the institutions of the first church in our world. Once the anointing was finished, the oil-moistened areas on the King were wiped clean with wool by the Mainz and Cologne servants, and they also closed the undergarment. The Prince Elector of Mainz, the first, second, and third legates of the absent Electors 11, as well as the assisting bishops and abbots, accompanied the King to the electoral conclave, the gate of the Empire having been opened, where the envoys of Nuremberg were already waiting. The consecrator with the ministers...

11) The Princes Electors endowed with the honor of the legation for the election and coronation of Charles VII were: From Mainz: Hugo Franciscus Carolus Count von Eltz, Lotharius Carolus Baron von Bettendorf, Johann Jakob Baron von Benzel, and Philippus Carolus Baron von Grosschlag. From Trier: Antonius Ditericus Carolus Count von Ingelheim, Johann Fridericus Count von Leyen, and Jakob Georg Baron von Spangenberg. From Cologne: Ferdinandus Leopoldus Antonius Count von Hohen-Zollern, Ditericus Engelbertus Baron von Droste, Franciscus Josephus Count von Metternich (who died, however, in Frankfurt on March 28, 1742, from the contagion of pustules), and Johann Arnoldus Engelbrecht von Siersdorf. From the Bohemian court: The Counts von Wurmbrand and Keuenhuller, as well as Baron von Brandau, who, however, were not accepted by the electoral college on this occasion. From Bavaria: Johann Georg Count von Koenigsfeld and Josephus Franciscus Maria Count von Seinsheim. From Saxony: Johann Fridericus Count von Schoenberg, Rupertus Florianus Baron von Weffenberg, and Christian Count von Los. From Brandenburg: Friedrich Bogislaus Baron von Schwerin and Balthasar Conradus Baron von Broich. From the Palatinate: Hermannus Arnoldus Baron von Wachtendonc and Petrus Henricus von Reiner. From Hanover: Gerlacus Adolphus Baron von Munchhausen and Ludolphus Ditericus von Hugo.