retable
Example Sentences
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Adjoining the Abbey is the Church, which possesses at least one chef-d'oeuvre in its retable.
From Holidays in Eastern France by Matilda Betham-Edwards
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
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
The retable has two miracle reliefs, and between them a small bronze Christ, which has been put there in error.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
Back of the Altar, and raised above it, is a narrow shelf, called the retable, upon which the several ornaments of the Altar are placed.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester
