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A bier is a stand on which a corpse, coffin, or casket containing a corpse is placed to lie in state or to be carried to its final disposition. [1] In Christian burial, the bier is often placed in the centre of the nave with candles surrounding it, and remains in place during the funeral.
Catafalque of nobleman Krzysztof Opaliński, 17th century Poland. A catafalque is a raised bier, box, or similar platform, often movable, that is used to support the casket, coffin, or body of a dead person during a Christian funeral or memorial service. [1]
The catafalque is a simple bier of rough pine boards nailed together and covered with black cloth. Although the base and platform have occasionally been altered to accommodate the larger size of modern coffins and for the ease of the attending military personnel, it is basically the same today as it was in Lincoln's time.
In Britain, such routes can also be known by a number of other names, including bier road, burial road, coffin line, coffin road, corpse way, funeral road, lych way, lyke way, and procession way. [1] Such "church-ways" have developed a great deal of associated folklore regarding ghosts , spirits, wraiths , etc.
The casket was placed before the speaker’s platform amid floral pieces from various organizations, as well as family members and personal friends of the fallen soldier. ... stood at the bier ...
They can have decorative carvings and in later times were erected as memorials. Under the roof there is a gate, usually with two panels that meet in the middle, and the gate is offset away from the Church so that the bier or coffin rests in the centre of the structure, under cover, and inside the Churchyard, in hallowed ground.
The order in which the procession proceeds is first those carrying the lanterns, then the flowers, then birds which are released to bring merit to the deceased, the incense burners, the memorial tablet, and then the coffin. Male relatives are the only people who carry items in the procession while the women ride in rickshaws following the coffin.
A hearse (/ h ɜːr s /) is a large vehicle, originally a horse carriage but later with the introduction of motor vehicles, a car, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin to a funeral, wake, or graveside service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to heavily decorated vehicles.