See also:

• CANDELABRUM (from Lat. candela, a taper or candle)

CANDELABRUM (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. candela, a See also:

• TAPER (probably of Celtic origin, cf. Irish tapar, Welsh tampr, taper, torch)

taper or See also:

• CANDLE (Lat. candela, from candere, to glow)

candle)  , the stand on which See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient lamps were placed . The most ancient example is the See also:

• BRONZE

bronze See also:

• CANDELABRUM (from Lat. candela, a taper or candle)

candelabrum made by See also:

• CALLIMACHUS

Callimachus for the See also:

• ERECHTHEUM

Erechtheum at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, to carry the See also:

• LAMP (from Gr. Xag ras, a torch, Xaµaav, to shine)

lamp sacred to See also:

• MINERVA

Minerva . In this See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case it is probable the lamp was suspended, as in the example from See also:

• POMPEII

Pompeii, now in the See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples museum; this consisted of a stalk or See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

reed, the upper See also:

• PART

part moulded with projecting feature to carry the lamps, and a See also:

• BASE

base resting on three lions' or griffins' feet; sometimes there was a disk at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top to carry a lamp, and sometimes there was a hollow See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup, in which resinous See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods were burnt . The origin of the See also:

• TERM

term suggests that on the top of the disk was a spike to carry a See also:

• WAX

wax or See also:

• TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow See also:

• CANDLE (Lat. candela, from candere, to glow)

candle (candela or funalia) .. Besides these bronze candelabra, of which there are many varieties in museums, the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans used more ponderous supports in See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone or See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble, of which many examples were found in the Thematic . These consisted of a base, often triangular, and of similar See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design to the small sacrificial altars, and a See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft either richly moulded or carved with the See also:

• ACANTHUS (the Greek and Latin name for the plant, connected with &sib a sharp point)

acanthus plant and crowned with a large cup or See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin . There is a See also:

• FINE

fine example of the latter in the Vatican . The See also:

• ROMAN

Roman examples seem to have served as See also:

• MODELS

models for many of the candelabra in the churches in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . The word " candelabrum " is also now used to describe many different forms of See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting with multiple points, and is often applied to See also:

• HANGING

hanging See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights as well as to those which rise from a stand .