A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 141
nd of a hall, with the signifies a throne or canopy, usually table which stood upon it, and the ders, placed over the head of the principal or canopy (dnrsale, Ducange), the hang- person, at a magnificent feast: hence it ings at the back of the company, often was transferred to the table at which… … From Willeniin, Ifomimena Fransau mediu from the French, and, if so, the primitive meaning would be acanopy. The word is variously spelt by old authors, and vari-ously used : it is applied to the chief seat at the high board,or principal table, in a baronial hall, also to the principaltable itself,…
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