(Also known as a baldacchino or ciborium). An architectural canopy of stone or wood placed over an altar or over a bishop’s cathedra.
Baldachin. S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome. 14th c. Photo: Wiki ktulu (Wikimedia Commons).
(Also known as a baldacchino or ciborium). An architectural canopy of stone or wood placed over an altar or over a bishop’s cathedra.
Baldachin. S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome. 14th c. Photo: Wiki ktulu (Wikimedia Commons).