retable
Example Sentences
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The candlesticks, in churches where lights at the Holy Communion are used, stand at the ends of the retable.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester
At the head of the left aisle is a chapel which also has an elaborate marble retable of the same period.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
Above the retable is the Madonna with two saints on either side: the crucifix surmounts the whole composition.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
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 M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
In the ancient Abbey Church are two masterpieces, a retable in carved wood and a tomb ornamented with exquisite statuettes.
From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Matilda Betham-Edwards
