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Note:  Do not rely on this information. It is very old.

Catafalque

Catafalque (Ital. catafalco, whence comes through the French the word scaffold), denotes a kind of scaffold or baldachin, erected (generally in a church) over a coffin and sometimes over a tomb. where it would remain for months. Some of these catafalques were very elaborate in design and ornamentation.