L’abbé avait coutume de l’y déposer, en montant à la cage de planches qui formait son observatoire, afin que la clarté ne l’empêchât pas de lire sur son planisphère.
The Priore was in the habit of leaving it there when he climbed to the cage of planks which formed his observatory, so that the light should not prevent him from reading the face of his plain sphere.