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The coffin is covered with an elaborate red and gold pall. From the Hours of Étienne Chevalier by Jean Fouquet. (Musée Condé, Chantilly) A pall (also called mortcloth or casket saddle) is a cloth that covers a casket or coffin at funerals. [1] The word comes from the Latin pallium (cloak), through Old English. [2]
A pall is a heavy cloth that is draped over a coffin. [4] [5] Thus the term pallbearer is used to signify someone who "bears" the coffin which the pall covers. In Roman times, a soldier wore a cape or cloak called the pallium. In medieval times the term pallium was shortened to pall. Christians would use a pall to cover their loved ones when ...
A burial vault encloses a coffin on all four sides, the top, and the bottom. Modern burial vaults are lowered into the grave, and the coffin lowered into the vault. A lid is then lowered to cover the coffin and seal the vault. Modern burial vaults may be made of concrete, metal, or plastic.
In the Orthodox funeral, the coffin is usually open in church [30] (unlike the West, where it is usually closed), and the lower part of the coffin is covered with a funeral pall. The lid of the casket may be left outside the church door, as an invitation to all who pass by to enter and join in the funeral.
Pall may refer to: Pall (funeral), a cloth used to cover a coffin; Pall (heraldry), a Y-shaped heraldic charge; Pall (liturgy), a piece of stiffened linen used to cover the chalice at the Eucharist; Pall Corporation, a global business; Pall., author abbreviation of German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas; Pallium, a vestment pertaining to an ...
The guide price for the portion of pall is between £1,500 and £2,000. Lace said to have shrouded Queen Victoria’s coffin to be auctioned Skip to main content
One style has opaque rear panels so the coffin is barely glimpsed. This American style is fitted with a heavily padded leather or vinyl roof and each side decorated with large mock landau bars resembling the braces used for the folding leather tops on some horse-drawn carriages. The other has narrow pillars and large windows revealing the coffin.
At the other extreme, a coffin bought privately by a wealthy individual might have used yew or mahogany with a fine lining, plated fittings and brass decorations, topped with a decorated velvet drape. In modern times coffins are almost always mass-produced. Some manufacturers do not sell directly to the public, and only work with funeral homes.