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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] Following a Roman Catholic Requiem Mass , a catafalque may be used to stand in place of the body at the absolution of the dead or used during Masses of ...
The catafalque being moved into the rotunda for Daniel Inouye's lying in state. 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 ...
The pallbearers bore the casket to the East Room [36] and placed Lincoln's catafalque, also previously used for the funerals of the Unknown Soldiers from the Korean War and World War II at Arlington. [39] Jacqueline Kennedy declared that the casket would be kept closed for the viewing and funeral. [40]
The hearse was described as "immense", being 14 feet (4.3 m) long and 7 feet (2.1 m) wide. Its exterior was entirely black, except for glass walls, and was topped by black plumes. Its interior was lined in white satin and black velvet, and above the catafalque on which the coffin was to be set hung a sculptured golden eagle. The platform itself ...
Washington's Tomb displaying Lincoln Catafalque, 2007 Washington's Tomb is an empty burial chamber two stories directly below the Rotunda of the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC . It was included in the original design of the building by William Thornton and intended to entomb the body of George Washington , the first President ...
Philip IV of France lying in state Brazilian president Afonso Pena lying in state in the Catete Palace, 1909. Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a deceased official, such as a head of state, is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects.
Rainaldi's print of the catafalque. Designed by architect Carlo Rainaldi and executed by many anonymous Roman artists and carpenters, the catafalque was an immense painted wooden construction, nearly reaching the flat ceiling of the basilica. A portrait of Philip was attached to the front of the catafalque; on other sides there were other ...
The Native Sons of Hawaii (over 100 men) bearing the Catafalque; Maids of Honor carrying leis; Miss R. Nowlein, Misses Edith and Maude Auld, Miss McGuire, Miss Annie Holmes, Misses Mary and Lizzie Leleo, Miss Fanny Markham, Miss Cummins, Miss Elizabeth Hoapila. Large and small kahili bearers (95) Catafalque and Pall bearers