See also:

• CANOPY (through Fr. canape, from Med. Lat. canapeum, classical conopeum, a mosquito curtain, Gr. K6v(.4, a gnat)

CANOPY (through Fr. canape, from Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. canapeum, classical conopeum, a See also:

• MOSQUITO (Span. mosquito, a gnat, diminutive of mosca, a fly)

mosquito See also:

• CURTAIN

curtain, Gr. K6v(.4, a See also:

• GNAT (0. Eng. gnat)

gnat)  , the upper See also:

• PART

part or See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover of a See also:

• NICHE (through Fr. niche from Ital. nicchia, nicchio, shell; possibly from Lat. mitulus, a sea-mussel; cf. " napkin " from mappa)

niche, or the projecting See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament over an See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar or seat or See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early See also:

• ENGLISH

English canopies are generally See also:

• SIMPLE

simple, with trefoiled or cinquefoiled heads; but in the later styles they are very See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, and divided into compartments with pendants, knots, pinnacles, &c . The triangular arrangement over an Early English and Decorated See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway is often called a See also:

• CANOPY (through Fr. canape, from Med. Lat. canapeum, classical conopeum, a mosquito curtain, Gr. K6v(.4, a gnat)

canopy . The triangular canopies in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy are See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar . Those in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England are generally part of the arrangement of the See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch See also:

• MOULDINGS

mouldings of the See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door, and See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, as it were, the See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood-. moulds to them, as at See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York . The former are above and in-dependent of the door mouldings, and frequently support an arch with a tympanum, above which is a triangular canopy, as in the Duomo at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence . Sometimes the canopy and arch project from the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, and are carried on small See also:

• JAMB (from Fr. jambe, leg)

jamb shafts, as at See also:

• SAN

San Pietro XI attire, at See also:

• VERONA
• VERONA, CONGRESS OF

Verona . There is an extremely curious canopy, being a sort of horseshoe arch, surmounting and breaking into a circular arch, at See also:

• TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik)

Tournai . Similar canopies are often over windows, as at York, over the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west window, and See also:

• LOWER

lower tiers in the towers . These are triangular, while the upper windows in the towers have See also:

• OGEE (probably an English corruption of Fr. ogive, a diagonal groin rib, being a moulding commonly employed; equivalents in other languages are Lat. cyma-reversa, Ital. gola, Fr. cymaise, Ger. Kehlleisten)

ogee canopies .