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<p>[QUOTE="FriscoP60, post: 108243, member: 1545"]Another thing to take into consideration: there are items of both the crown and of the cross that were part of the coronation ceremony. This was the ceremony where Napoleon crown himself, trivializing the church's authority. In the non secular coronation ceremonies of the past, the last thing the emperor would have done is sip from the chalice, and upon receiving the sacrament is the moment he would have become emperor. It makes sense that the same person who crowned himself would have chosen a more subdued design for the chalice. It's role would have been little more than an afterthought.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FriscoP60, post: 108243, member: 1545"]Another thing to take into consideration: there are items of both the crown and of the cross that were part of the coronation ceremony. This was the ceremony where Napoleon crown himself, trivializing the church's authority. In the non secular coronation ceremonies of the past, the last thing the emperor would have done is sip from the chalice, and upon receiving the sacrament is the moment he would have become emperor. It makes sense that the same person who crowned himself would have chosen a more subdued design for the chalice. It's role would have been little more than an afterthought.[/QUOTE]
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