<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">catafalques</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>castra doloris</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>grave shelters</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>biers</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>funerary structures</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>catafalco</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>catafalque</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Raised structures, often canopied, on which the coffin or effigy of a deceased person lies or is carried in state. It is distinguished from a "bier," which is much smaller and simpler, and from a "castrum doloris," which is a structure that shelters the bier or catafalque. ]]></note></mads>