retable
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On the retable at the foot of the reredos, stand two massive candlesticks of silver gilt.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward
The retable was given by the Old Boys of the King's School.
From The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
This is a retable of the conventional orthodox form which occupies the usual place—even in this Protestant church—at the end of the choir.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine 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
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)
