Aedicula
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In ancient Roman religion an aedicula is a small shrine, and in classical architecture it refers to a niche covered by a pediment or entablature supported by a pair of columns and typically framing a
Classical aedicula shrine from Lilybaeum, with sign of Baal Hammon, signs of Tanit and caduceus
Aediculae in the Pantheon, Rome
Aedicula containing a painted Athena and Agathodaemon
1st century BC interior aedicula from the Temple of Apollo Sosianus, Rome
Baldachin
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A baldachin, or baldaquin, is a canopy of state typically placed over an altar or throne. It had its beginnings as a cloth canopy, but in other cases it is a sturdy, permanent architectural feature, p
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…the wall against which it is placed. A tabernacle frame on a wall serves similar hieratic functions as a free-standing, three-dimensional architectural baldaquin or a ciborium over an altar. In Late Gothic settings altarpieces and devotional images were customarily crowned with gables and canopies supported by…
Marie Antoinette's bed, which has a baldachin, in the Petit Trianon (Versailles, France)
Enthroned Virgin Mary with cloth of honour by Hans Memling
State bed of Louis XIV, Chambre du Roi, Versailles
Bernini's "Baldacchino" in St Peter's, Vatican City