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Definition of Baldachino
1. [n -NOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baldachino
Literary usage of Baldachino
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"At the close of the Matins on this day the so-called papal altar under the great
bronze baldachino is sprinkled with oil and wine. In an extended procession ..."
2. A History of the Three Cathedrals Dedicated to St. Paul in London: With by William Longman (1873)
"... as what was wren's laboured with more study and success, and, had he not been
overruled by those whom it was his duty to MODEL OF baldachino IN ST. ..."
3. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"Latterly curtains were abolished, and the form became changed into that now called
the baldachino. Justinian's ciborium at St. Sophia was of silver gilt, ..."
4. The White Robe of Churches of the XIth Century: Pages from the Story of by Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (1899)
"In early wall paintings and mosaics, these curtains are frequently shown knotted
round the pillars of the baldachino."—<?. O. Scott, " History of Church ..."
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