retable

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The historic gold plate was therefore arranged on the retable with something of the effect of show pieces at Mappin and Webb's.

From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert

Above the retable is the Madonna with two saints on either side: the crucifix surmounts the whole composition.

From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of

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 Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)

A flight of veined marble steps leads to the beautiful retable of the high altar.

From Castilian Days by Hay, John

To this building the retable of the high-altar, dedicated in 1469 and now in the north aisle, belongs, still called La Madonna del Coro.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)