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Definition of Baldachinos
1. baldachino [n] - See also: baldachino
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baldachinos
Literary usage of Baldachinos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Art of Cennino Cennini: A Contemporary Practical Treatise on by Cennino Cennini, Christiana Jane Powell Herringham (1899)
"Of working on canvas for baldachinos, banners, standards, ... If you have to work
on canvas baldachinos or other works, stretch them first on a frame, ..."
2. The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura (1906)
"... dating from the tenth century, we can still see the elaborate canopy and gilded
baldachinos, many-coloured and inlaid with mirrors and mother-of-pearl, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Luca attempted them on a small scale on two baldachinos at Impru- neta, and Andrea
made a terra-cotta frieze around the interior of the dome of S. Maria ..."
4. Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts by Ralph Adams Cram (1906)
"Black lacquer and gold and cinnabar; chiseled baldachinos of exquisite metal
work; massive ropes and tassels of blood-red silk; censers of gold and silver ..."
5. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"It was screened by a veil, cf. the Lenten Veil, the Iconostasis of the Greek
Church, and the veiled baldachinos above the High Altar in the Sanctuary of the ..."
6. The Guilds of Florence by Edgcumbe Staley (1906)
"The baldachinos of churches, and the frontals of altars were generally treated
in this manner with adornments of gold and silver lace. ..."
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