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Similarly, even in the simplicity of pre-adolescence, the Walsingham smells-and-bells, with acolytes in lace surplices, prancing round holding aloft a ceremonial umbrella (as Malcolm distantly recalls, this was termed a "baldachino") seemed a trifle OTT.

Bloggers4Labour 2009

Similarly, even in the simplicity of pre-adolescence, the Walsingham smells-and-bells, with acolytes in lace surplices, prancing round holding aloft a ceremonial umbrella (as Malcolm distantly recalls, this was termed a "baldachino") seemed a trifle OTT.

Bloggers4Labour 2009

The Corpus Christi procession, Pope Alexander at centre, vested in a cope, kneeling on a priedieu under a baldachino, adoring a monstrance which he is carrying; the whole is being carried upon the shoulders of Palafranieri.

A Papal Ceremony 2009

The temple is very handsome, the baldachino is superb, and the bronzes and brasses on the altar are specially fine.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

The center of the top of the baldachino is occupied by a kind of basket suitable for holding flowers, lemons, oranges, and other fruits in season.35

Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

His image is placed under a baldachino …, half reclining, his arms extended in a gesture and with an expression which indicates health, joy, contentment, which seems to invite one to the pleasures of the table.

Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

The center of the top of the baldachino is occupied by a kind of basket suitable for holding flowers, lemons, oranges, and other fruits in season.35

Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

His image is placed under a baldachino …, half reclining, his arms extended in a gesture and with an expression which indicates health, joy, contentment, which seems to invite one to the pleasures of the table.

Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

Baudekin was a very costly textile of gold and silk which was used largely in altar coverings and hangings, such as dossals; by degrees the name became synonymous with "baldichin," and in Italy the whole altar canopy is still called a _baldachino_.

Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison

Above it four small columns with a canopy form a baldachino; and the cross is laid flat upon it.

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