A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1896)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London, Oxford, J. Parker and Co. · leaf 82
Cfjurcf) — (Etborium* 72 in the middle^ was in England and France almost uni- versally in the eastern limb of the church, and enclosed … simplest plan of aparish Plan, Garsington, Oxon. church unaltered. Ciborium (Gr. = a cup) is applied in several ways : 1. To the portion of ceiling over an altar. 2. To the ceiling of, and so to the whole of the canopy over the altar, which was usually erected on four pillars, also called the…
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