Baldachin

According to an inscription on the outer face of the dome, this baldachin, or processional canopy, was made for the Convent of Santa Clara at Carmona, Spain, in 1637. A second inscription on the base indicates that the canopy was altered or repaired more than a century later, in 1747. These later modifications, done in a more florid, decorative style, include the underside of the canopy, the capitals of the supports, and the crown which surmounts the dome.