Baldacchino
also, baudekin. textiles. a silk brocade interwoven with gold or silver threads, used chiefly for ceremonial purposes.
architecture. a permanent ornamental canopy, as above a freestanding altar or throne.
a portable canopy carried in religious processions.
historical examples
the royal chair and baldacchino had been removed, and their place was occupied by the usual bench of the president.
the eternal city hall caine
there is a baldacchino of wood over the altar, with urns upon its corners.
great ghost stories various
between the altar and the railing arose a baldacchino, the canopy of white silk, the four supporting columns of shining silver.
the prince of india, volume ii lew. wallace
the baldacchino, erected in 1614, is supported by four porphyry columns.
walks in rome augustus j.c. hare
over the throne is a canopy or baldacchino the emblem of sovereignty.
rome mildred anna rosalie tuker
the most beautiful of these was probably the baldacchino which surmounted the high altar.
naples past and present arthur h. norway
that church porch is like the baldacchino over certain roman high altars, or, more humbly, like a very large fourpost bedstead.
limbo and other essays vernon lee
the high altar, with a baldacchino, supported by four porphyry columns, covers the remains of ss.
walks in rome augustus j.c. hare
two of the pillars of the baldacchino are of breccia-corallina.
walks in rome augustus j.c. hare
the altar was rebuilt and beautified in 1362, and it is probable that the baldacchino is of that date.
the sh-r-s of the adriatic f. hamilton jackson
noun
a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
a canopy of fabric or stone over an altar, shrine, or throne in a christian church or carried in christian religious processions over an object of veneration
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