"After them march the guilds and trades and trainbands with flying colours: coopers, bird fanciers," (U15.1426)
"millwrights, newspaper canvassers, law scriveners, masseurs, vintners, trussmakers," (U15.1427)
"chimneysweeps, lard refiners, tabinet and poplin weavers, farriers, Italian warehousemen, church decorators, bootjack manufacturers," (U15.1429)
"undertakers, silk mercers, lapidaries," (U15.1431)
"salesmasters, corkcutters, assessors of fire losses," (U15.1432)
"dyers and cleaners, export bottlers, fell mongers, ticketwriters, heraldic seal engravers, horse repository hands, bullion brokers," (U15.1432)
"cricket and archery outfitters, riddlemakers, egg and potato factors, hosiers and glovers, plumbing contractors." (U15.1434)
"After them march gentlemen of the bedchamber, Black Rod, Deputy Garter," (U15.1436)
"Gold Stick, the master of horse, the lord great chamberlain, the earl marshal," (U15.1437)
"the high constable carrying the sword of state, saint Stephen's iron crown, the chalice and bible. Four buglers on foot blow a sennet." (U15.1438)
"Beefeaters reply, winding clarions of welcome." (U15.1440)
"Under an arch of triumph" (U15.1441)
"Bloom appears, bareheaded," (U15.1441)
"in a crimson velvet mantle trimmed with ermine, bearing Saint Edward's staff, the orb and sceptre with the dove, the curtana." (U15.1442)
The various objects Bloom is wearing or carrying are part of the British regalia (Crown Jewels), used during the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. The original regalia was likely assembled by Edward the Confessor (St Edward, reigned 1042-66); he is seen on this card in a crimson velvet mantle trimmed with ermine. Most items were destroyed, altered or replaced over the centuries, notably when Cromwell ordered that the regalia be 'totally broken' following the execution of Charles I (1649). Most of the ones in current use were made for the coronation of Charles II (1661), though a few older pieces remain.
The various objects Bloom is wearing or carrying are part of the British regalia (Crown Jewels), used during the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. The original regalia was likely assembled by Edward the Confessor (St Edward, reigned 1042-66); he is seen on this card in a crimson velvet mantle trimmed with ermine. Most items were destroyed, altered or replaced over the centuries, notably when Cromwell ordered that the regalia be 'totally broken' following the execution of Charles I (1649). Most of the ones in current use were made for the coronation of Charles II (1661), though a few older pieces remain.
This PC (1902) shows Edward and Alexandra with the main items from the coronation regalia. They include Crowns, the Sovereign's Orb, Sceptres (with the Cross, or the Dove), Rings, the Anointing Spoon, the Ampulla (a vessel shaped like an eagle, that carries the anointing oil), Swords etc.
This PC shows Edward VII at the end of the coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey. He is bearing Saint Edward's staff in the right hand, the Orb in the left hand, and has on his head the Imperial State Crown.