This ampulla held the sacred anointing oil for the coronation of Charles I's Scottish coronation in 1633. Gold, the richest and most desirable of metals, was seen to have a purity and incorruptibility that symbolised the qualities to which monarchs should aspireThis ampulla held the sacred anointing oil for the coronation of Charles I's Scottish coronation in 1633. Gold, the richest and most desirable of metals, was seen to have a purity and incorruptibility that symbolised the qualities to which monarchs should aspire
This ampulla held the sacred anointing oil for the coronation of Charles I's Scottish coronation in 1633. Gold, the richest and most desirable of metals, was seen to have a purity and incorruptibility that symbolised the qualities to which monarchs should aspire