praying-stand

Updated: May 22, 2025

The Emperor and Empress were then conducted to the small throne, that is to say, to their two chairs; before each one was a praying-stand. Then high mass began; it was said by the Pope; the music had been composed by Paesiello, the Abbe Rose, and Lesueur.

baron Arthur Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand - The Court of the Empress Josephine