retable

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To a great extent this ancient glass is hidden from view by a massive eighteenth-century retable, which is without any worth whatever as an artistic accessory.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

To this building the retable of the high-altar, dedicated in 1469 and now in the north aisle, belongs, still called La Madonna del Coro.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

The historic gold plate was therefore arranged on the retable with something of the effect of show pieces at Mappin and Webb's.

From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert

This is a retable of the conventional orthodox form which occupies the usual place—even in this Protestant church—at the end of the choir.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Its chief distinction lies in its grand retable, which is decorated with a series of superb paintings by Mignard.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)