Silver trumpets--so the faithful believe--are used in rendering this piece.
All faces were now turned toward the _loggia_, a sort of projecting balcony high up on the front of the cathedral.

A sound like the murmur of the sea rose from the multitude: each spectator was shifting his position, and seeking a clearer view.

Then the _loggia_ became suddenly filled with moving forms,--cardinals in their splendid robes, knights in mediaeval armour, pages in costly livery.

The crown-bearers advanced with two triple tiaras, one the gift of Napoleon I., the other presented by the queen of Spain, and both sparkling with diamonds.

A third crown,--the oldest of all, originally simple in form, then a double diadem, and finally a threefold tiara,--encircled the head of the Pope himself, who, seated on a golden throne, was borne forward to the stone breastwork, on which two crowns had been placed by their bearers.