Three word game ...

[classic33]

as a lantern

 

[Fnaar]

illuminated various slightly

 

[classic33]

oddly shaped body

 

[alex_cycles]

parts of a

 

[Grant Fondo]

13th century monk

 

[classic33]

who'd been pressed

 

[alex_cycles]

into service as

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Coat rack and

 

[classic33]

hat stand by

 

[alex_cycles]

proxy, as if

 

[classic33]

that were all

 

[cookiemonster]

he needed to

 

[classic33]

allow him to

 

[Fnaar]

illuminate texts successfully

 

[classic33]

that hadn't seen