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Definition of Dossal
1. Noun. An ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel.
Definition of Dossal
1. an ornamental cloth hung behind an altar [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dossal
Literary usage of Dossal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flowers and festivals; or, Directions for the floral decoration of churches by William Alexander Barrett (1873)
"A framework of wood must be prepared for the dossal and wings, ... The dossal
frame should be three feet deep and about seven inches longer than the altar ..."
2. Church Building: A Study of the Principles of Architecture in Their Relation by Ralph Adams Cram (1914)
"The dossal that consists of a flat curtain of vertical strips of alternating brocade
... A dossal that hangs in folds has too much the effect of upholstery, ..."
3. A History of Painting in Italy, Umbria, Florence and Siena, from the Second by Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (1903)
"Vasari mentions a goldsmith called Cione in one of his biographies, and assigns
to him the silver altar dossal of the baptistery and the silver chased head ..."
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