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candelabra

candelabra is a light fixture.

Also recorded as candle tree; candelabrum.

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Identity

What the record establishes about candelabra.

A drunken party with sailors and their women drinking, smoking, and dancing wildly as a band plays. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank. is dated 1 October 1825 and held by Wellcome Collection. Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the hall, with various figures standing and sitting about. Engraving by T. H. Ellis, 1843, after H. Melville. is dated 1843 and held by Wellcome Collection. Psychologie de Grégoire Aboulfaradj dit Barhebraeus : d'après la huitième base de l'ouvrage Le candélabre des sanctuaires / éditée et traduite en français par Ján Bakoš. is dated 1948 and held by Wellcome Collection. A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811. is dated [1811?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Tedæ nuptiales a Patre luminum accensæ, Neonymphis ad illustrandam mentem prælatæ, jam vero in Candelabro ut piis luceant positæ à Francisco Thestrupio is dated 1698 and held by Wellcome Collection. A large porphyry chest believed to be the sarcophagus of a woman called Constantia: seven figures. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756. is dated [1756?] and held by Wellcome Collection.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by F.E.A. Bridoux after Raphael. is dated 1840-1849 and held by Wellcome Collection. Three marble candelabras. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770. is dated [between 1768 and 1778] and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 19 objects associated with this heading. candelabra is classified as a light fixture or candleholder.

Authority records

The identifiers under which candelabra may be traced in institutional catalogues.

candelabra is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q548275.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 19 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Bronze candelabra., Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Candelabra Tourmaline, Dictionary of Gems and Gemology. Candelabra. (Sala dei Candelabri, Vatican)., Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Collection Online. The candelabra tree (<i>Euphorbia ingens</i>): a source of water for black rhinoceros in Liwonde National Park, Malawi, Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1997. Morphological forms of Siberian Stone Pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) Trees in High Altitudinal Forests of the Severo-Chuisky Range. Dendrochronological Aspect, Журнал Сибирского федерального университета: Серия Биология, 2015.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1380411858). Those registers additionally record the form Title-border with candelabra supporting a man blowing a shawn and a wolf in monk's habit; below two angels supporting an empty shield, Hollstein German 6.171.43.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by DataCite (Zenodo).

Angel with candlestick (2026) — DataCite (Zenodo).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 31 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 427 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 7 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1698Tedæ nuptiales a Patre luminum accensæ, Neonymphis ad illustrandam mentem prælatæ, jam vero in Candelabro ut piis luceant positæ à Francisco Thestrupio is dated 1698 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1756A large porphyry chest believed to be the sarcophagus of a woman called Constantia: seven figures. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756. is dated [1756?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1756A large porphyry chest believed to be the sarcophagus of a woman called Constantia: seven figures. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1768Three marble candelabras. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1770Three marble candelabras. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770. is dated [between 1768 and 1778] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1811A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811. is dated [1811?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 1811A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1825A drunken party with sailors and their women drinking, smoking, and dancing wildly as a band plays. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank. is dated 1 October 1825 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  9. 1825A drunken party with sailors and their women drinking, smoking, and dancing wildly as a band plays. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank. (Wellcome Collection).
  10. 1840Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by F.E.A. Bridoux after Raphael. is dated 1840-1849 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  11. 1840Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by F.E.A. Bridoux after Raphael. (Wellcome Collection).
  12. 1843Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the hall, with various figures standing and sitting about. Engraving by T. H. Ellis, 1843, after H. Melville. is dated 1843 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  13. 1843Barber-surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the interior of the hall, with various figures standing and sitting about. Engraving by T. H. Ellis, 1843, after H. Melville. (Wellcome Collection).
  14. 1948Psychologie de Grégoire Aboulfaradj dit Barhebraeus : d'après la huitième base de l'ouvrage Le candélabre des sanctuaires / éditée et traduite en français par Ján Bakoš. is dated 1948 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  15. 2026Angel with candlestick digitised by DataCite (Zenodo).

Connections

Each connection was recorded deliberately, with the basis for it kept on the internal record.

Broader subject

  • chandelierTerminology

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

  • hanukkiahTerminology

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

  • KinaraTerminology

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  • menorahTerminology

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  • Paschal trikirionTerminology

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Sources

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  1. 1.

    Bronze candelabra., Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Candelabra Tourmaline, Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Candelabra. (Sala dei Candelabri, Vatican)., Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Collection Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Cerberiopsis candelabra, CABI Compendium, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “candelabra”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Tripod, vase and candelabra, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Collection Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 24 articles naming candelabra.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1380411858, Title-border with candelabra supporting a man blowing a shawn and a wolf in monk's habit; below two angels supporting an empty shield, Hollstein German VI.171.43.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 19 works naming candelabra.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q548275: candelabra

    authority record · Unverified · Wikidata

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Plates

Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

Schloss Suresnes in der Werneckstraße 24 im Stadtteil Schwabing (Stadtbezirk Schwabing-Freimann ) in München (Bayern/Deutschland), heute Tagungshaus der Katholischen Akademie in Bayern , Kandelaber

Schloss Suresnes in der Werneckstraße 24 im Stadtteil Schwabing (Stadtbezirk Schwabing-Freimann ) in München (Bayern/Deutschland), heute Tagungshaus der Katholischen Akademie in Bayern , Kandelaber

GFreihalter · Own work · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Armleuchter vor blauer Hintergrundbeleuchtung

Armleuchter vor blauer Hintergrundbeleuchtung

Christoph Matthias Siebenborn · Own work · CC BY 3.0

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