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1916 July, Henry Yule & al., "Padre Maestro Fray Seb. Manrique in Bengal (1628–Sept. 11, 1629)", Bengal Past & Present, Vol. XIII, No. 25, p. 32:
P. della Valle writes in the same strain: "And these two, the palankins and the andors also differ from one another, for in the andor the cane which sustains it is, as it is in the reti, straight; whereas in the palankin, for the greater convenience of the inmate, and to give more room for raising his head, the cane is arched upwards like this, _∩_..."
1498. — "After two days had passed he... came to the factory in an andor which men carried on their shoulders, and these... consist of great canes which are bent overhead and arched, and from these are hung certain cloths of a half fathom wide, and a fathom and a half long, and at the ends are pieces of wood to bear the cloth which hangs from the cane; and laid over the cloth there is a great mattrass of the same size, and this all made of silk-stuff wrought with gold-thread, and with many decorations and fringes and tassels; whilst the ends of the cane are mounted with silver, all very gorgeous, and rich, like the lords who travel so." — Correa, i. 102.
1552. — "The Moors all were on foot, and their Captain was a valiant Turk, who as being their Captain, for the honour of the thing was carried in an Andor on the shoulders of 4 men, from which he gave his orders as if he were on horseback." — Barros, II. vi. viii.
2008, Flávio Rodrigo Freire Ferreira, A Cidade Em Festa, Clube de Autores, page 107:
Várias pessoas ligadas à paróquia vieram aprontar a santa no seu andor, que é uma espécie de altar móvel, em que a santa é posta e carregada. Com muitas flores e galhos de folhas de samambaias, o andor foi decorado.
