(1) The Spanish-French-English, derived from Spain.
(2) The Roman Imperial, which was called into existence on the occasion of the coronation of Charlemagne as Roman Emperor. From this latter is derived the Roman rite for the coronation of a king.
There seems to have been from an early date until the fourteenth century a continuous interaction of these groups upon each other, and beyond that date outside influences ceased to be exerted, and whatever developement may have taken place in any particular rite was due to natural and internal developement.
At this day in the West the rite is retained in England and Austria, that used in Austria being the order of the Roman Pontifical.
The only other country, except Russia, in which a coronation rite survives is Norway.
CHAPTER XV
THE UNCTION, THE VESTMENTS AND THE REGALIA
(1) The Unction
The date at which an unction was introduced into the Eastern rite is a matter of uncertainty. There is no definite statement to be found that the Eastern Emperors were anointed before the time of the intruding Latin Emperor Baldwin I who was crowned in 1214, and the rite by which Baldwin was crowned was a Western rite. There is no mention of any anointing even in the rubrics of the twelfth century Euchologion. The first definite reference to the anointing of the Eastern Emperor is found in the account of the rite given by Codinus, in which we are told that he was anointed on the head in the form of a cross.