Stephenson:Neal:Quicksilver:22: anointed him with angelbalm, a thousand years old (Alan Sinder)
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The specific reference here is to the Oil of Clovis with which all pre-Revolutionary French kings were anointed during their coronation. Legendarily, the vial was supposed to have been delivered in the beak of a heaven-sent dove to the bishop who baptised Clovis, the first Frankish king, in 496 A.D. [Richard Johnston]