retable
Example Sentences
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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 Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of
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 Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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)
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 Betham-Edwards, Matilda
She sits on a very beautiful throne, and has a large, rich, and well-gilded retable, given by Antonio Xuarez de Puga, who was many years her steward.
