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A third recension of the Milanese rite may be seen in the order used at the coronation of Henry VII and his Queen, Catharina[113], at Milan in 1311. This order represents the most elaborate stage of the Milanese rite and seems to have been subject to both French and Roman influence.
The short preliminary service now first appears from the Roman rite. As the king enters the choir the prayer Omn. semp. Deus caelestium terrestriumque is said, and then the king’s oath is put to him in interrogatory form. Then appears a French feature, the petition of the bishops A vobis perdonari, and the king’s reply. The Recognition follows, the people answering Kyrie eleison. The Litany concludes with the three prayers Te invocamus, Deus qui populis and In diebus eius, the second of which appears in this recension only of the rite of Milan. The consecration prayer is that of the English and French rites, Omn. semp. Deus creator ac gubernator (in which there still remains the allusion to the Saxons), the anthem Dilexisti iustitiam or Unxerunt Salomonem being sung during the anointing, which seems to have been only on the shoulders, and after which was said Deus Dei filius. The Ring is given with the form of the last recension, followed by the prayer Deus cuius est omnis potestas; the Sword with the non-Roman form Accipe gladium and the prayer Deus qui providentia; the Crown with the form Accipe coronam regni and the prayer Deus perpetuitatis; the Sceptre with the form Accipe sceptrum regiae potestatis and the prayer Omnium Domine fons bonorum; and the Verge with the usual form. Then follow six benedictions, of which the first two are found in the old French and English rites, and the others in the last recension. After the enthronisation an Orb and Cross is delivered to the king with a form beginning Accipe pomum aureum quod significat monarchiam omnium regnorum. The king answers Fiat to the charge Rectitudo regis, and then Te Deum is sung.
The order of the queen’s coronation begins with the prayer Omn. semp. Domine fons et origo, then follows the consecration prayer Deus qui solus, and the queen is anointed with the form In nomine ... prosit tibi haec unctio, which is followed by Spiritus sancti gratia. The anointing is made on the shoulders. She is then invested with a Ring, which is an entirely new feature, the form Accipe anulum fidei signaculum s. Trinitatis and the prayer Omnium fons bonorum Domine being those of the French rite, from which this is probably derived. She is crowned with the form Accipe coronam gloriae, and finally are said the two prayers Officio nostrae indignitatis and Omn. semp. deus affluentem spiritum, the last of which is French.