Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 608
making the customary reverences. Then taking the aspersorium fromthe hands of a prelate, he sprinkled the coffin with holy water; this done hewithdrew, after making the reverences usual upon such occasions. When a king or a queen died in Paris, a procession was formed to theirresidence to conduct… … Fig. 398.—Obsequies of St. Cesarius, physician to the Emperors Constantius and Julian; diedin 369.—Fac-simile of a Miniature from a Greek Manuscript of the Ninth Century, in theNational Library, Paris. dents and other officers of the parliament in black robes, the officers ofexchequer, of taxes,…
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