Upon the catafalque was seen the dead body of a damsel so lovely that by her beauty she made death itself look beautiful.
Altisidora had by this time sat up on the catafalque, and as she did so the clarions sounded, accompanied by the flutes, and the voices of all present exclaiming, "Long life to Altisidora
And he saw before him a plump, rather sallow-faced, short, stout woman, the Empress Mother, with her smile and her words at her first gracious reception of him, and then that same face on the
catafalque, and the encounter he had with Zubov over her coffin about his right to kiss her hand.
The sepulchral depths of the descent were dimly lighted by a silver lamp on the lowest step; and just below this lamp there was laid, wrapped in a flowing mantle of violet velvet, worked with fleurs-de-lis of gold, a
catafalque resting on trestles of oak.
With the late minister's family in attendance, Trump, the first lady, Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers stood silently as Graham's casket was placed on a raised box called a
catafalque that was constructed by the Capitol's official architect.
Here was an upwelling of emotion the likes of which France had not seen since the funerals of Victor Hugo and Edith Piaf, since the
catafalque of Jean Jaures went up the Rue Soufflot.
Coffin lids are secured before they are brought to the crematorium and once a coffin has been placed on the
catafalque - the wooden framework which supports the coffin - in the chapel, it is cremated with all its contents.
Il etait presque quatorze heures quand le
catafalque enveloppe dans l'embleme est arrive sous un soleil de plomb.
Funeral of the solider was placed at the
catafalque and his biography was read.
A professor from the University of Bologna delivered the funeral oration in the church of San Domenico, which was draped in mourning and decorated with a monumental, temporary
catafalque presenting a life-size sculpture of Sirani in the act of painting.
Yet, on a more playful note, they also made wishes by tossing handkerchiefs and tying knots in colorful silks; some children circled the
catafalque of Sheikh Adi, their foremost saint, in a manner that can only be described as skipping; families spread picnics in the shade; and others scattered sweets around a freshly baptized toddler.
Even the dress blue uniforms on three of us standing at attention facing the
catafalque as the bugler sounded the 24 mournful notes of "Taps" were actually black except for white gloves touching hat brims in salute.
