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Church furnishings > Ciboria, altar canopies

Preferred term

Ciboria, altar canopies  

Definition

  • e:Fixed altar canopies, supported on columns, or sometimes crossbeams, generally early Christian through Middle Ages, but with some later examples still called ciboria and some Gothic examples called Baldachins (q.v.) | f:Baldaquin qui couvrait le tabernacle du maître-autel des basiliques paléochrétiennes

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Entry terms

  • Altar canopies, ciboria
  • BALDACHINS, CIBORIA
  • Canopies, altar, ciboria

Notation

  • 110899

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-BG3RSHWN-8

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