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/bˈɔːldɐtʃˌɪn/
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- ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)
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- Additional options include erecting a sizable ornamental canopy or baldachin over the tabernacle, or setting the tabernacle within the apsidal wall or against the backdrop of a decorated reredos. Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend: "Concerning the Central Placement and Noble Design of Tabernacles..."
- To the right (here we have already seen the statues on the left on the first picture of the altar to the right) on the baldachin St. Pantaleon (look with his hands nailed to his head) and on the volute St. Christopher. Catholic Bamberg: Vierzehnheiligen
- The font itself was set Beneath a dome-shaped Baldachin and encircled by columns and an ambulatory (aisle), features first used by the byzantines.
- It also shows how a freestanding altar and baldachin may be used within the context of ad orientem liturgy, as well as being a further commentary on truly noble simplicity in architecture and church paraments. Reverse Iconoclasm in One Hour or Less
- To the left (the statues on the right we have already seen on the previous picture to the left) on the baldachin St. Vitus (look sharply for his rooster) and on the volute St. Achatius (with Cross and crown of thorns). Catholic Bamberg: Vierzehnheiligen
- The centerpiece depicts the empress enthroned under a baldachin and surrounded by figures of Hercules, Minerva, Mars, and other gods celebrating her military achievements.
- Here, in its incongruous dark wood baldachin, hangs the Lutine Bell, historically rung when a ship went missing. 7: The Lloyd's building, London, built 1978-1986
- The central baldachin in Gossaert's Malvagna triptych contains a number of individual tracery figures that are essential to its design.
- Behind the grille (before which, as you can see, a lot of candles are placed by the faithful), underneath the altar of grace which serves as a baldachin for it, and at the very centre of the Basilica is the original spot of the apparition, with the earth visible below the floor level. Catholic Bamberg: Vierzehnheiligen
- At Louvain, the three ornate facades are sculptural in a conventional sense, completely encrusted with baldachins and statues, the surfaces richly worked like a monumental reliquary.