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Ahava rabbah (Hebrew: אהבה רבה, [with an] abundant love, also Ahavah raba and other variant English spellings) is the name given in Ashkenazi Jewish custom to the blessing recited immediately before the Shema as part of the Shacharit (morning) prayer.
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In the coronation ceremony, the pharaoh was transformed into a god by means of his union with the royal ka, or life-force of the soul. All previous kings of Egypt had possessed this royal ka , and at his or her coronation, the monarch became divine as "one with the royal ka when his human form was overtaken by his immortal element, which flows ...
The Adoration of the Magi or The Epiphany is a triptych oil painting on wood panel by the Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, executed around 1485–1500. [1] It is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid , Spain.
An order of knights named after the ampoule, the Knights (later Barons) of the Holy Ampulla was created for the coronation of kings. The Bishop of Laon held the right to carry the Holy Ampoule during the coronation ceremony. Only three of the kings who ruled between Louis the Pious and Charles X were not anointed with holy oil at Reims Cathedral.
Epiphany was a day of enjoyment, spent in horse-drawn open sleighs, and these quilts would then be taken along to cover the laps of the merry riders. [123] If Epiphany Day was bright and mild and the sun "warmed the horses' backs" it was said that the coming year would bring only peace.
The coronation itself took place on a subsequent day. If the coronation was performed (as usual before 1562) at the Palatine Chapel at Aachen (now Aachen Cathedral), then the archbishop of Cologne, as local metropolitan, was the chief officiant and was assisted by the two other clerical electors, the archbishop of Mainz and the archbishop of Trier.
Due to the irregular nature of imperial accessions, no fixed ceremonial emerged during the Roman Empire. [3] The only constant part of any imperial accession was the acclamation by the Senate, people and the army, which signalled the consent of the ruled; [14] during the Principate, this ritual act of consent was often repeated annually by vows (vota) taken to the emperor on the anniversary ...