architecture, a projection in the front of a house, or other building, supported by pillars or consoles, and encompassed with a balustrade.

Baldaquin, or Baldaquin, in architecture, a building in form of a canopy, supported by pillars, and frequently used as a covering to inflated altars. Some also use the term baldaquin for the shell over a door.

Baldinucci (Philip), of Florence; a connoisseur in the polite arts, and the continuator of Vasari's lives of the painters. He died in 1666, aged 72.