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Definition of Retable
1. n. A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.
Definition of Retable
1. Noun. A table or shelf behind an altar, on which are placed images or holy objects ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retable
1. a raised shelf above an altar [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retable
Literary usage of Retable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Journal of Archaeology by Archaeological Institute of America (1891)
"(c) retable from Piombino. Metropolitan Museum, New York. No. 481. 2. ... retable.
Church at Sta. Flora nel Monte Amiata. No. 312. 6. Large Relief. ..."
2. Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street (1914)
"He may have begun the retable for the cathedral of Bar- bastro and left it to a
pupil, and he is said to have made the retable at Poblet, ..."
3. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"Normally, the towers which frame the central retable are rather plain, consisting
of two main parts, the base or shaft and the belfry. ..."
4. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"The contre-retable faced the celebrant. See ALTAR. Reservation. (1.) Amphilochius
mentions that St. Basil divided the Eucharist into three portions, ..."
5. Westminster Abbey & the King's Craftsmen: A Study of Mediaeval Building by William Richard Lethaby (1906)
"In the middle panel of the retable stands Christ in majesty holding the universe
in His hand. Right and left are the Virgin and St. John, ..."
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